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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 the story of the Second Punic War
between Rome and Hannibal's Carthage (218-202 BCE). It is not only
a crucial text for students of Flavian literature, but also an
important source for anyone studying early Imperial perspectives on
the Roman Republic. The translation is clear and comprehensible,
while also offering an accurate representation of the Latin text.
Augmented by a scholarly introduction, extensive notes, glossary
and a comprehensive bibliography (included in the introduction),
this volume makes the text accessible and relevant for students and
scholars alike.
Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman
man's education, and declamations--imaginary courtroom speeches in
the character of a fictional or historical individual--were the
most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The
Major Declamations is a collection of nineteen full-length Latin
speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely
composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries
CE. Though there has been a recent revival of interest in
Greco-Roman declamation, the Major Declamations has generally been
neglected.
Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation is the
first book devoted exclusively to the Major Declamations and its
reception in later European literature. It argues that the
fictional scenarios of the Major Declamations enable the conceptual
exploration of a variety of ethical and social issues. Chapters
explore these cultural matters, covering, in turn, the construction
of authority, the verification of claims, the conventions of
reciprocity, and the ethics of spectatorship. The book closes with
a study of the reception of the collection by the Renaissance
humanist Juan Luis Vives and the eighteenth-century scholar Lorenzo
Patarol, followed by a brief postscript that deftly surveys the use
of declamatory exercises in the contemporary university. This
much-needed and engaging study will rescue the Major Declamations
from generations of neglect, while critically informing current
work in rhetorical studies.
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 the epic's three-book movement that
narrates one of the largest battles in Roman history. It opens with
the dispute between the consuls Paulus and Varro over giving
battle, in the face of hostile omens and Hannibal's record of
successful combat. On the eve of the battle, the Roman soldier
Solymus accidentally kills his father Satricus, thereby presenting
an omen of disaster for the Roman army. After Hannibal and Varro
encourage their troops, the initial phase of the battle commences.
The gods descend to the battlefield, and Mars and Minerva fight the
sole full-scale theomachy in Latin epic. Aeolus summons the
Vulturnus wind at Juno's request to devastate the Roman ranks.
After the gods have departed, Hannibal's elephant troops advance
and scatter the Roman forces. The book ends by recapitulating the
opening episode: Varro admits his mistake in giving battle and
flees the battlefield. This volume is the first full-scale
commentary in English devoted exclusively to Punica 9. It features
the Latin text with a critical apparatus and a parallel English
translation. Detailed commentary notes provide information on
literary style, use of language, poetic intertexts, and scholarly
interpretation. The Introduction offers further context and
background, including sections on Silius Italicus and his era, the
historiographic and rhetorical traditions that he adopted, the
inter- and intra-textuality of the Cannae episode, and the book's
use of diction and metre.
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