He was educated in Hispania , a part of the Roman Empire which in the 1st century produced several notable Latin writers , including Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Younger , Lucan and Quintilian , and Martial 's contemporaries Licinianus of Bilbilis , Decianus of Emerita and Canius of Gades ; in the later part of Martial 's life , Spain was also produced the first non-Italian Roman Emperor , Trajan .
During Martial 's time , Trajan was the first non-Italian Roman Emperor .