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Silius Italicus composed an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War. His poem relies largely on Livy’s prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic.

Punica Volume I

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    A Hardback by Silius Italicus, J. D. Duff

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/1934
      ISBN13: 9780674993051, 978-0674993051
      ISBN10: 0674993055
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      Book Synopsis
      Silius Italicus composed an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War. His poem relies largely on Livy’s prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic.

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