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Language: en
Pages: 316
Pages: 316
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-09 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book 9 of Silius Italicus' first-century Latin epic poem Punica begins the narrative of the Battle of Cannae (August 216 BC). This book is an integral part of t
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-09 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book 9 of Silius Italicus' first-century Latin epic poem Punica begins the narrative of the Battle of Cannae (August 216 BC). This book is an integral part of t
Language: en
Pages: 488
Pages: 488
Type: BOOK - Published: 1949 - Publisher:
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:
Silius Italicus (25-101 CE) composed an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). Silius' poem relies largely on Livy's prose for facts. It
Language: en
Pages: 289
Pages: 289
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-10 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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