Excerpt from Selected Epigrams of Martial: Edited, With Introduction and Notes This volume is offered to the public with the belief that the selections herein found are sufficient in number and variety to illustrate fully the epigram as a form of literature and to afford valuable collateral information to those interested in Roman private life. However, in selecting the epigrams a wider inter est in the subject matter has been continually kept in mind and the text has been so annotated as to make the book service able in an ordinary reading course. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.