Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius creator Lemaire, N. E. (Nicolas Eloi) 1767-1832 text utu 2008 monographic la 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Punicorum Libri Septemdecim" by Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus is a Latin epic poem written between approximately 83-96 AD. Spanning seventeen books and over twelve thousand lines, this monumental work chronicles the Second Punic War through the legendary clash between Hannibal and Scipio Africanus. Drawing inspiration from Virgil, Homer, and Ennius, Silius weaves historical events with divine intervention, creating a bridge between Rome's mythic past and its imperial present. The longest surviving Latin poem from antiquity awaits rediscovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punica_(poem) Release date is 2008-11-09 Produced by Louise Hope, Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) Original publication data not identified Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. -- Poetry PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27219 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27219 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133624.0 27219