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The Emperor and his Virtues: The Qualities of Domitian
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Martial 9.79:Oderat ante ducum famulos turbamque prioremet Palatinum Roma supercilium:at nunc tantus amor cunctis, Auguste, tuorum estut sit cuique suae cura secunda domus.tam placidae mentes, tanta est reuerentia nostri,tam pacata quies, tantus in ore pudor.nemo suos — haec est aulae natura potentis —,sed domini mores Caesarianus habet.Martial’s ninth book of epigrams contains twenty-nine poems out of a total of one hundred and three which refer to Domitian in some way, providing the largest group of epigrams concerned with an individual in a single book of Martial. The suppression by Martial of his tenth book of epigrams and its reappearance with the Domitianic references expunged means that Book 9 is the last book in which poems to Domitian form an integral part; it can be expected therefore that Martial’s attitude toward Domitian will find its most confident expression in this book.
Title: The Emperor and his Virtues: The Qualities of Domitian
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Martial 9.
79:Oderat ante ducum famulos turbamque prioremet Palatinum Roma supercilium:at nunc tantus amor cunctis, Auguste, tuorum estut sit cuique suae cura secunda domus.
tam placidae mentes, tanta est reuerentia nostri,tam pacata quies, tantus in ore pudor.
nemo suos — haec est aulae natura potentis —,sed domini mores Caesarianus habet.
Martial’s ninth book of epigrams contains twenty-nine poems out of a total of one hundred and three which refer to Domitian in some way, providing the largest group of epigrams concerned with an individual in a single book of Martial.
The suppression by Martial of his tenth book of epigrams and its reappearance with the Domitianic references expunged means that Book 9 is the last book in which poems to Domitian form an integral part; it can be expected therefore that Martial’s attitude toward Domitian will find its most confident expression in this book.
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