Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius

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Name:
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius
Abbr:
SIL.
Sil.
Alt names:
Silius Italicus
C. Silius Italicus
Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
Silius, Italicus
Sillius, Italicus
Silius Italicus, C. (Catius)
Silius Italicus, Catius
Sili Itàlic
Silio, Italico
Silio Italico
Siliusz Italikus
Cayo Silio Itálico
Silio Itálico, Cayo
SIL.
Sil.
Field of activity:
Epic Poet
Latin Poet
Stoic
Notes:
His Sillij Italici opus de Bello Punico Secundo, 1515 [i.e. 1516]: leaf 2 verso (Sillius Italicus
b. in the city of Italica in Spain)
Oxford class. dict., 2nd ed. (Silius Italicus
an inscription gives his full name, Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
birthplace uncertain, perhaps Patavium, but not Italica in Spain
d. ca. A.D. 101 aged 75)
Laudizi, G. Silio Italico, 1989: jkt (28-103
Roman consul in 68 A.D.)
Das Verhältnis der Punica des C. Silius Italicus zur dritten Dekade des T. Livius, 1883
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 824-: "C. Silius Italicus, the most voluminous among the Roman writers of heroic verse...."
Brill's New Pauly: "S. Italicus Epic poet, 1st cent.,he dates of Tib. Catius Asconius S. I. - his full name is known from an inscription - can be narrowed down to c. AD 25/6 to c. AD 101/2. Martial mentions S. (Epist. 4,14 and 7,63). Pliny [2] the Younger provides information about S.’ career in his obituary written shortly after AD 100 (Epist. 3,7): after a successful political career as a consul in AD 68 and prosecutor and proconsul in Asia (probably AD 77) the propertied poet moved back to his estates in Campania. His ardent admiration for Cicero and, above all, Virgil is authenticated. He composed Punica, his only extant work, probably largely in the reign of Domitian...."
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Punica