Abstract
This chapter examines the representation of movement and the city of Rome in Martial's Epigrams, written in the late first century CE. It demonstrates how temporal context is imperative for understanding the city which Martial writes about. Martial's representation of place is also a representation of time, whether that be the timing of urban redevelopment (in the aftermath of the fires of 64 and 80 CE), the timing of emperors (i.e. the period of Domitian giving way to Nerva), or the timing of diurnal rhythms (the morning salutation, or the afternoon trips to the thermae).
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