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Martial: Epigrams, Volume III, Books 11-14. (Loeb Classical Library No. 480)

Author: Martial
Publisher: Loeb Classical Library
Keywords: loeb, classical, library, books, iii, epigrams, volume, martial
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0674995295
ISBN-13: 9780674995291

It was to celebrate the opening of the Roman Colosseum in 80 CE that Martial published his first book of poems, "On the Spectacles." Written with satiric wit and a talent for the memorable phrase, the poems in this collection record the broad spectacle of shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist’s twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life—both public and private—in vivid detail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and street hawkers, jugglers and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves, and generous hosts are amon

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Martial’s Epigrams: A Selection

Authors:Martial, Garry Wills,
Publisher: Viking Adult
Keywords: selection, epigrams, martial
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2008-10-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0670020397
ISBN-13: 9780670020393

Bawdy and biting epigrams, freshly translated, ready for enjoyment.One of literature’s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of his time, and set a pattern that satirists have admired and imitated across the ages. Born in Spain, Marcus Valerius Martialis (c. 40–102 CE), known in English as Martial, went to Rome as a young man to win fame and fortune. At the height of his career he published a book of scathing social commentary every year--1,500 poems in all, of which Wills translates about a third. This exquisite translation from acclaimed a

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The Way Of The Martial Artist: Achieving Success In Martial Arts And In Life!

Author: Kevin L. Brett
Publisher: Kevin Brett Studios, Incorporated
Keywords: martial, arts, life, success, achieving, artist, way
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2008-11-29
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0981935001
ISBN-13: 9780981935003

Success in anything begins with a dream, but to achieve that dream you must first adopt a mindset for success. Learn how to develop a concrete action plan to identify your goals and begin to achieve them with black belt determination. *Understand how to combine your newly improved skills and strategy in the ring, and on the street. *Learn how to develop strength, inner-harmony and excellence in martial arts and in everything you pursue! *Find your passion and pursue it with the same techniques all successful people use to achieve your own endless string of life successes! *Fin

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Martial Maneuvers: Fighting Principles and Tactics of the Internal Martial Arts

Author: Phillip Starr
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Keywords: martial, internal, arts, tactics, principles, maneuvers, fighting
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-08-04
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1583942300
ISBN-13: 9781583942307

In Martial Maneuvers, Phillip Starr demonstrates that while the internal martial arts—Taijiquan, Bagua Zhang, and Xingyi Quan—might be considered ineffective for practical self-defense, they in fact have a long history of combat use. Starr argues that most teachers and practitioners of the internal arts have forgotten their rich martial heritage, focusing instead on their applicability for health or spiritual practices. Starr returns to the roots of the three major internal arts, demonstrating the combative principles upon which they were originally based.Martial Maneuvers often takes a li

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Martial : Selected Epigrams (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

Authors:Martial, Lindsay Watson, Patricia Watson,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: latin, classics, greek, cambridge, selected, epigrams, martial
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2003-06-23
List price: $41.99
ISBN-10: 0521555396
ISBN-13: 9780521555395

Ninety poems by Martial, the first-century a.d. epigrammatist, are presented, with commentary, in this edition. Selected on the basis of their thematic importance, these concise poems provide an unique opportunity to interpret a significantly neglected author. The book considers the sociocultural and historical matrix from which the epigrams sprang and the Roman love of personal invective which sustains and enlivens a major portion of Martial’s work.