In	IN	O
keeping	VBG	O
with	IN	O
his	PP$	O
«	)	O
persona	NN	O
»	(	O
of	IN	O
mendicant	JJ	O
poet	NN	O
,	,	O
Martial	JJ	B-AAUTHOR
appropriates	VBZ	O
themes	NNS	O
regarding	VBG	O
Maecenas	NP	O
'	POS	O
patronage	NN	O
that	WDT	O
had	VBD	O
begun	VBN	O
to	TO	O
take	VB	O
shape	NN	O
in	IN	O
the	DT	O
previous	JJ	O
generation	NN	O
(	(	B-REFAUWORK
Calpurnius	NP	I-REFAUWORK
Siculus	NP	I-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
ecl.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
4	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
158-163	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
Laus	NP	B-REFAUWORK
Pisonis	NP	I-REFAUWORK
230-248	CD	B-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE
Martial	JJ	B-REFAUWORK
(	(	B-REFSCOPE
7	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
29	CD	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
7-8	CD	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	I-REFSCOPE
8	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
55	CD	I-REFSCOPE
[	SYM	I-REFSCOPE
56	CD	I-REFSCOPE
]	SYM	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
21-24	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
adds	VBZ	O
Domitius	NP	O
Marsus	NP	O
to	TO	O
the	DT	O
list	NN	O
of	IN	O
clients	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

In	IN	O
fact	NN	O
,	,	O
no	DT	O
other	JJ	O
evidence	NN	O
connects	VBZ	O
Domitius	NP	O
Marsus	NP	O
to	TO	O
Maecenas	NP	O
,	,	O
though	IN	O
it	PP	O
is	VBZ	O
not	RB	O
surprising	VBG	O
that	DT	O
Martial	JJ	B-AAUTHOR
would	MD	O
fabricate	VB	O
a	DT	O
relationship	NN	O
between	IN	O
a	DT	O
patron	NN	O
of	IN	O
Roman	NP	O
literary	JJ	O
talent	NN	O
and	CC	O
a	DT	O
pioneer	NN	O
of	IN	O
Latin	JJ	O
epigram	NN	O
as	IN	O
a	DT	O
way	NN	O
of	IN	O
solidifying	VBG	O
respectability	NN	O
for	IN	O
the	DT	O
genre	NN	O
of	IN	O
epigram.	JJ	O