Silius (T. Catius Silius Italicus), 25 CE-101, was consul in 68
and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further
office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and
collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he
owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned
and near which he lived. His epic "Punica," in 17 books, on the
second War with Carthage (218-202 BCE), is based for facts largely
on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great
nations (and their supporting gods), championed by the two great
heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin and
smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all (and
other poets); it exploits with easy grace, but little genius, all
the devices and techniques of traditional Latin epic.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two
volumes.
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