Punica /

• Main Author: Σίλιος Ιταλικός (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Duff, J. D. (James Duff), 1860-1940 (μεταφραστής.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Latin
• Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1934.
• Series: Loeb Classical Library 277-278.
• Subjects: Καρχηδονιακός πόλεμος, 2ος, 218-201 π.Χ.; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία; Επική ποίηση, Λατινική

Silius Italicus (25-101 CE) composed an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). Silius' poem relies largely on Livy's prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic.