[4] He was a friend of Lodovico Lazzarelli,[5] and a member of the Roman Academy who participated in antiquarian activities such as celebrating the founding of Rome.
[6] In the 1460s, several of the sodality's members, including the Marsi brothers, were imprisoned for fomenting "republicanism, paganism, and conspiracy".
[7] Marsi was among the poets who addressed homoerotic praise in the manner of Martial to Lucio Fazini, a handsome young scholar who was also incarcerated and tortured for pursuing classical studies.
[8] Marsi died in 1484, shortly after he delivered the funeral oration for Andrea Brenta.
[9] Marsi's commentary had a "supplemental influence" on The Rape of Lucrece by Shakespeare, who drew primarily on Ovid's account in the Fasti.