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Martial was a famous poet who wrote books of epigrams. He, while less prolific than Shakespeare, similarly invented a lot of common insults.

(For those who don't know, I'll save you a google: epigrams were short poems that were lighthearted and often made fun of people using dry classical humor.)




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