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Silius Italicus
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.
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politics · 1st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet · lawyer · politician · poet · writer · military personnel · historian · also Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, Italicus
Born 1 January 0026 · Died 0101 · Q316123
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