Silius Italicus

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Roman poet Roman senator human

Silius Italicus was a 1st-century Roman senator, orator, and epic poet best known for his historical epic "Punica" about the Second Punic War.

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Label	Occurrences
Silius Italicus canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman poet ⓘ Roman senator ⓘ human ⓘ
admired	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	voluntary starvation ⓘ
centuryOfBirth	1st century CE ⓘ
centuryOfDeath	2nd century CE ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
culture	Ancient Roman ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 28 CE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	c. 101 CE ⓘ
era	Flavian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ historical epic ⓘ
heldOffice	consul of the Roman Empire ⓘ proconsul of Asia ⓘ
influencedBy	Ennius NERFINISHED ⓘ Livy NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Punica NERFINISHED ⓘ writing the longest surviving Latin epic poem ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
literaryMovement	Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Pliny the Younger’s Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Silius Italicus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Punica NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfBooksInPunica	17 ⓘ
occupation	advocate ⓘ consul ⓘ orator ⓘ poet ⓘ provincial governor ⓘ senator ⓘ
owned	villa at the site of Virgil’s tomb ⓘ
placeOfBirth	probably Rome ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Naples ⓘ
praisedBy	Pliny the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman polytheism ⓘ
servedUnder	Emperor Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Nero NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	3rd century BCE ⓘ
subjectOfWork	Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
topicOfPunica	Second Punic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasActiveIn	1st century CE ⓘ

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Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableAuthor → Silius Italicus ⓘ