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Rediscovered in either 1416 0r 1417, the Punica is a Latin epic poem in seventeen books in dactylic hexameter written by Silius Italicus comprising some twelve thousand lines. As the longest surviving Latin poem from antiquity, its theme is the Second Punic War and the conflict between the two generals Hannibal and Scipio Africanus.
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Latin Epic poetry, Literature and the war, Military History, Poetry, Punic War, 2d, 218-201 B.C., Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C, Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C., Punic war, 2nd, 218-210 B.C., Conflict, Hannibal, Translations into French, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Punic War, 2nd, 218 B.C.-201 B.C.Places
Carthage (Extinct city), RomeTimes
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Silii Italici De bello Punico secundo XVII libri nuper diligentissime castigati.
1523, In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri
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Venetiis
Edition Notes
In verse.
Imprint from colophon.
Edited by Franciscus Asulanus.
Leaves 142 and 192 numbered 134 and 292 respectively.
Signatures: a-z8 A-C8 D4.
RBSC copy: With the bookplates of William Horatio Crawford [Franks 7289], and of Henry J.B. Clements.
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