Silius Italicus

Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus

Country

Roman Empire

Languages

Classical Latin

Dates

c. 26 - c. 101

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Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus was a Roman senator, orator and epic poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature. His surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War and the longest surviving poem in Classical Latin at over 12,000 lines.