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Also Known As Marcus Valerius Martialis
Born March 1, 38 or 41 • Spain
Died c.103
Notable Works “Epigrams” • “On the Spectacles”
Movement / Style Silver Age
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Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
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Lucius Livius Andronicus
Roman author
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Claudian
Roman author
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Albinovanus Pedo
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
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Lucan
Roman author
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Statius
Roman poet
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Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Roman poet
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Persius
Roman poet
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Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
English poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov, portrait by an unknown artist.
Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov
Russian author
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet

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