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Editio Orbis TerrarumWorld Edition Vol.
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Roma · Caput MundiRome · Caput Mundi
41°53′N · 12°29′E

ACTA·MVNDI

QVIDQVID · AGVNT · HOMINES · NOSTRI · FARRAGO · LIBELLI

“Whatever men do is the stuff of our pages.” Juvenal, Sat. I.85–86

EpigrammataEpigrams

M. Valerius MartialisMarcus Valerius Martialis

c. 40–104 p.C.n.c. A.D. 40–104 · PoetaPoet · PRINCIPATVS

Hispanus Bilbilitanus, cliens Romae pauper, epigrammatum XIV libros edidit. Nunc librum XV scribit, distichis aculeatis.A Spaniard from Bilbilis and a poor client in Rome, he published fourteen books of epigrams. He is now writing Book XV, in couplets with a sting.

Sunt bona, sunt mala plura.

Epigrammata I–XIVLiber Spectaculorum

Mox hic scribetur.Coming soon.

ACTA MATVTINATHE MORNING ACTA

Ante primam lucem, in tabellam tuam: res orbis terrarum, a Romanis iudicatae.Before first light, on your tablet: the world’s affairs, judged by Romans.

Gratias. Cras ante lucem tabellarius veniet.Thank you. The courier arrives tomorrow before dawn.

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