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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Italica
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown firstWorks & Publications
No works or publications documented yet.
Influenced By
Thinkers whose ideas shaped Silius's philosophy
No known influences documented.
Influenced
Thinkers whose work was shaped by Silius's ideas
No influenced thinkers documented yet.
Source Attribution
Information about Silius Italicus is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.
Related Thinkers
See all →
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"I shook my head ruefully. Police departments all over the world were identical in two respects: they all ha…"
— George Alec Effinger"...the Japanese interest him professionally. How do they and the Germans do it, when America's going down t…"
— John Updike"Collectively as well as individually, man is never going to find perfection. Some societies he builds may w…"
— Poul Anderson"O lay me, ye that see the light, near some rock of my hills! let the thick hazels be around, let the rustli…"
— James Macpherson"Biotechnology is a worry. What if they take genetic material from wet noodles and blowfish and splice it in…"
— P. J. O'Rourke"America’s special strength lies not in frightening the weak and challenging the strong, but in strengthenin…"
— Sri Chinmoy
