Accipe Divitias Et Vatum Maximus Esto
Money, Poetry, Mendicancy and Patronage in Martial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20049869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara K Gold (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 591-612 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Flavian Rome (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004217157_023 |
| OpenAlex | W795787697 |
| ISBN | 9789004217157 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 3 |
Martial is a poet who makes us want to believe him. His critics focus heavily on his 'mendicant facade' and his role as a social commentator, critic and realist. Social historians are particularly fascinated by what Martial has to say about the system of relationships based on patronage that so infused Roman society and culture and functioned as one of the major social mechanisms for the production of power in both republican and imperial Rome. In Martial's poetry, the number of patrons is staggering, the complaints about the system frequent and strident, and the references to money bald and breathtaking. Martial has an almost obsessive interest in money both in the abstract and the concrete and in gifts (money and goods), the dole and loans. His poems are crowded with words for giving, asking, buying, selling and owning. Keywords: Martial; mendicant facade; Roman society; Rome
Art · Literature · Martial arts · Poetry · Visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Studies and Legal History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |