For 10 points, he is the acknowledged master of the epigram, writing over 1,500 sharply satirical poems about Rome and his fellow Romans, spread out in 12 volumes between 86 and 103 CE.
Most famously parodied by the English satirist Tom Brown ("I do not like thee, Doctor Fell"), this satirical poet repeatedly tried to move away from Rome - once to Cisalpine Gaul, once to his birthplace in Hispania - but was drawn back by the scandalous life of Roman high-society depicted in his works, as well as upper-class patronage. For 10 points, he is the acknowledged master of the epigram, writing over 1,500 sharply satirical poems about Rome and his fellow Romans, spread out in 12 volumes between 86 and 103 CE.
Most famously parodied by the English satirist Tom Brown ("I do not like thee, Doctor Fell"), this satirical poet repeatedly tried to move away from Rome - once to Cisalpine Gaul, once to his birthplace in Hispania - but was drawn back by the scandalous life of Roman high-society depicted in his works, as well as upper-class patronage.
{Martial} or Marcus Valerius {Martialis}