Martial

From the Roman cognomen Martialis, which was derived from the name of the Roman god Mars [1] . The name was borne by Marcus Valerius Martialis, now commonly known as Martial, a Roman poet of the 1st century.

classic mature upper class urban devious strong rough strange simple

1. Kajanto, Iiro. The Latin Cognomina. Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, 1982, page 212.

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