Social Commentaries
Book III, Epigram 52 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
You had bought a house, Tongilianus, for two hundred thousand sesterces: an accident too common in the city destroyed it. A million was subscribed. I ask you, are you not open to the suspicion, Tongilianus, of having yourself set fire to your house?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/592/.
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Martial. “Book III, Epigram 52 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/592/.
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