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Punica: Books I-VIII
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus
Categories: Epic poetry, Latin
Type: BOOK - Published: 1934 - Publisher:

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Silius (T. Catius Silius Italicus), AD 25-101, was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on
Silius Italicus' Punica
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Antony Augoustakis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-01 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book offers, in one volume, a modern English translation of all 17 books of Silius Italicus’ Punica. Composed in the first century CE, this epic tells th
Brill's Companion to Silius Italicus
Language: en
Pages: 534
Authors: Antony Augoustakis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-12-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume offers a detailed overview of Silius Italicus’ Punica, by placing the poem within its literary and socio-historical context and by documenting its
Exemplary Epic
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Ben Tipping
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-13 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. However, examples always rely upon the response of an audience, and are dependent upon cont
An Introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: John Jacobs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-10 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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In a much-needed comprehensive introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica, Jacobs offers an invitation to students and scholars alike to read the epic as a