Latin Paleography, Editing, and the Transmission of Classi.A painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting Silius Italicus at the tomb of Virgil. History of Modern Classical Scholarship (Since 1750), The Greek Domestic Architecture c. 800 bce to c. 100 bce Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content onĪrt and Archaeology, Research Resources for Classicalīilingualism and Multilingualism in the Roman Worldīronze Age Aegean, Death and Burial in theĬlassical Architecture in Europe and North America since 1.Ĭlassical Architecture in Renaissance and Early Modern Eur.Ĭlassical Art History, History of Scholarship of NNNGood amount of information on Silius’s life and the ancient authors who talk about Silius. Edited by Pierre Miniconi and Georges Devallet, vii–cx. In Silius Italicus: La guerre Punique: Livres I–IV. NNNVery useful exposition and overview of Silian studies from the rediscovery of the Punica to modern times, with information on Silius’s life and contemporaries. The reception of Silius Italicus in modern scholarship. NNNAnalysis of the biographical information found in Pliny the Younger and further bibliographical references to the scholarship discussing Silius’s life.ĭominik, William J. Scholars have long debated the exact dates of the poem’s composition (see Date and Composition) as well as its state of completion, that is, whether it was ever finished.Īugoustakis, Antony. 3.7.1–2), possibly because of an incurable cancerous stomach tumor ( insanabilis clauus). We know, however, that Silius ended his life by starvation, as Pliny the Younger informs us ( Ep. We do not know the exact date of the poet’s death, possibly around 101 CE, during the reign of the emperor Trajan. On his life, see Miniconi and Devallet 1979 (pp. ![]() Silius retired in Campania, where he dedicated his time to collecting books and art, keeping the cult of Virgil, and writing his epic poem (Plin. But the advent of the Flavian dynasty was a welcome change for many of the parties involved in the bloody civil war of 69 CE, and the new emperors of the Flavian clan, Vespasian together with Titus and Domitian, his sons and successors, are celebrated in the Punica as the family destined to lead Rome to new heights of glory (Sil. Undoubtedly, Silius found himself in the midst of the turmoil during the last years of the life of Emperor Nero, and his career under the last of the Julio-Claudians attracted some criticism among ancient authors, especially since he was alleged to have served as a delator (Plin. 77 CE) after the end of his political career of thirty years, he dedicated his time to the composition of the Punica. Silius held the consulship in 68 CE and served as proconsul in Asia ( c. Silius’s biographer is the epistolographer Pliny the Younger, who reports the poet’s death in one of his letters ( Ep. Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus was a prominent Roman statesman, born around 26 CE. A Renaissance of scholarly interest in Silius’s poem has been attested since the last decade of the 20th century with several published and forthcoming studies shedding light on different aspects of the complex historical poem. He composed his poem during the period of the Flavian emperors, in particular, during the rule of Domitian. Silius Italicus is one of the three Flavian epicists (the other two are Valerius Flaccus and Statius). The narrative includes the siege of Saguntum by the Carthaginians and the sack of the city Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps the destructive battles at the Ticinus, the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae Scipio’s trip to the Underworld and Hannibal’s final defeat at Zama by Scipio Africanus. ![]() Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus, simply known as Silius Italicus, is the author of the longest extant poem in Latin literature, in seventeen books, titled the Punica (= Punic Wars), in which he recounts in verse the Second Punic War (218–201 BCE).
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