Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 93 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
By the side of leal Fabricius rests Aquinus, who is glad to have passed first to the Elysian abodes. A double altar-tomb attests the rank of first centurion, yet more is what you read in the brief inscription: "Both were knit in the sacred bond of a life with honour; and (what fame but seldom knows) both were friends."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 93 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/429/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 93 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/429/.
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