{"product_id":"punica-volume-ii","title":"Punica, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAncient Rome’s longest epic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilius  Italicus (T. Catius, AD 25–101), was consul in 68 and governor of the  province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter  on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of  Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at  Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic \u003ci\u003ePunica\u003c\/i\u003e,  in seventeen books, on the second War with Carthage (218–202 BC), is  based for facts largely on Livy’s account. Conceived as a contrast  between two great nations (and their supporting gods), championed by the  two great heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin  and smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all (and  other poets); it exploits with easy grace, but little genius, all the  devices and techniques of traditional Latin epic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248596799832,"sku":"9780674993068","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674993068.jpg?v=1778821244","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/punica-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}