Poetry · 1518
Punica
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- First published
- 1516
- This copy printed
- 1518
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Full leather
- Condition
- Fine — Close to as issued; only the lightest signs of age.
- Pages
- 425
About this work
Rediscovered in either 1416 0r 1417, the Punica is a Latin epic poem in seventeen books in dactylic hexameter written by Silius Italicus comprising some twelve thousand lines. As the longest surviving Latin poem from antiquity, its theme is the Second Punic War and the conflict between the two generals Hannibal and Scipio Africanus.
