Liber Spectaculorum / Martial ; edited with introduction, translation and commentary by Kathleen M. Coleman.

Incluye bibliografía e índices.

General introduction -- The numbering in this edition --The transmission of the text -- Title -- Headings -- Scope and characteristics of the transmitted collection -- The identity of "Caesar" -- The Flavian amphithetre -- Spectacle and the imperial image -- Monuments and occasions as a theme in epigram -- Spectacle and imperial panegyric in Martial's oeuvre -- The author and his book -- A humanist legacy: the cornucopiae of Niccolò Perotti -- Sigla -- Editorial note -- Text, translation, and commentary -- Appendix: the source of the Nile -- Concordances -- Bibliography -- Index verborum -- Index nominum et rerum.

This book is the first full-scale edition of the so-called Liber spectaculorum by Martial. A comprehensive introduction addresses the role of epigram in commemorating monuments and occasions, the connection between spectacle and imperial panegyric in Martial's oeuvre, characteristics of the collection, possible circumstances of composition and "publication," transmission of the text, and related issues. Each epigram is followed by an apparatus criticus, an English translation, and a detailed commentary on linguistic, literary, and historical matters, adducing extensive evidence from epigraphy and art as well as literary sources. The book is accompanied by four concordances, five tables, two maps, 30 plates, and an appendix.

Texto en latín, con introducción, traducción y comentario en inglés.