Martial (ca. 40-104 AD) Latin poet; born in Bilbilis in Spain. He lived in Rome from 64 to 98. He wrote 15 books of satirical epigrams that vividly portray the life of the time. Portrait by: 'gallery of the ancient Greeks and Romans with a small description of their lives' by Georg Wilhelm Zapf; dedicated the Altitude serenissima Carlo Federico Margrave of Baden; Translation from the German by Tommaso de Bassus (1742-1815) by Giuseppe Ambrosioni; Volume II; 1784 Poschiavo