Punica Volume Ii: Books 9–17 Silius Italicus Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Biographies And True Stories

Ancient Rome’s Longest Epic Silius Italicus (T Catius Ad 25–101) Was Consul In 68 And Governor Of The Province Asia 69 He Sought No Further Office But Lived Thereafter On His Estates As A Literary Man Collector Revered Work Cicero Whose Tusculan Villa Owned That Virgil Tomb At Naples Likewise Near Which Punica Seventeen Books Second War With Carthage (218–202 Bc) Is Based For Facts Largely Livy’s Account Conceived Contrast Between Two Great Nations (And Their Supporting Gods) Championed By Heroes Scipio Hannibal Poem Written Pure Latin Smooth Verse Filled Throughout Echoes Above All Other Poets) It Exploits Easy Grace Little Genius Devices Techniques Traditional Loeb Classical Library Edition Volumes Σελίδες: 512 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0101 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm