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	Silius Italicus - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In early life Silius was a renowned forensic orator, later a safe and cautious politician, without ability or ambition enough to be legitimately obnoxious to the cruel rulers under whom he lived.
		But mediocrity was hardly an efficient protection against the murderous whims of Nero, and Silius was generally believed to have secured at once his own safety and his promotion to the consulship by prostituting his oratorical powers in the judicial farces which often ushered in the doom of the emperor's victims.
		Silius was one of the numerous Romans of the early empire who had the courage of their opinions, and carried into perfect practice the theory of suicide adopted by their school.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Silius_Italicus (2015 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Silius Italicus
		Silius Italicus, in full Titus Catius Silius Italicus (25 or 26 - 101), was a Latin epic poet.
		Though he is not named by Quintilian, he is probably hinted at in the mention of a class of poets who, as the writer says, write to show their learning.
		Silius deserves little pity for the failure of his attempt to make Scipio an equipoise to Hannibal and the counterpart in personal prowess and prestige of Achilles.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Silius_Italicus (2251 words)

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		Most likely some ancestor of the poet acquired the title " Italicus " from having been a member of one of the corporations of "Italici " who are often mentioned in inscriptions from Sicily and else-where.
		The spirit of the Punic times is but rarely misconceived—as when to secret voting is attributed the election of men like Flaminius and Varro, and distinguished Romans are depicted as contending in a gladiatorial exhibition.
		The best drawn of the minor characters are Fabius Cunctator, an evident copy of Lucan's Cato, and Paullus, the consul killed at Cannae, who fights, hates and dies like a genuine man. Clearly it was a matter of religion with Silius to repeat and adapt all the striking episodes of Homer and Virgil.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=61284&locale=en (1584 words)

	Casali-Poet at War-abst.-HTML (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Silius’ interpretation of this passage matches that found in Servius: according to him, Messapus was claimed by Ennius as an ancestor, and Virgil praises Ennius’; poetry through the simile of the swans in 7.699-702.
		Furthermore, Silius’ reading of Virgil’s Messapus passage points out the encomiastic nature of Ennian poetry: the followers of Messapus, who are compared to singing swans, are said ‘to sing the praises of their king’ (regem… canebant, 7.698), and this encomiastic character of Ennian poetry is underlined by Apollo in Sil.
		The main Virgilian model for the Ennius episode in Silius is the killing of Numanus Remulus by Ascanius in Aeneid 9.590-663.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/casali.html (465 words)

	SILIUS 1TALICUS - Online Information article about SILIUS 1TALICUS
		Nero, and Silius was generally believed to have secured at once his own safety and his promotion to the consulship by prostituting his oratorical See also:
		Livy, though Silius may have consulted other historians of the Hannibalic war.
		religion with Silius to repeat and adapt all the striking episodes of Homer and Virgil.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SHA_SIV/SILIUS_1TALICUS.html (2192 words)

	Facta virum sileo: Re-constructing Female Action in Silius Italicus’ Punica
		In examining the various females represented in the Punica, I argue that women are not merely decorative but rather significant figures, created by Silius to serve as a foil to the male protagonists in the poem.
		In the second chapter, an examination of the reversal of gender roles in the Punica demonstrates that Hasdrubal, Hannibal’s brother, is portrayed as an effeminate and “castrated” man, while on the contrary Silius’ representation of Asbyte, a woman warrior, shows a female with masculine traits, in accordance with the tradition of women-Amazons (viz.
		Silius’ representation of both Hasdrubal and Asbyte displays certain common features: both are depicted as victims when they fall prey to overpowering masculine figures, which results in their death and dismemberment.
	www3.baylor.edu /~Antonios_Augoustakis/DissAbstract.html (763 words)

	Ancient Roman Poets - Crystalinks
		The later life of Silius was passed on the Campanian shore, hard by the tomb of Virgil, at which he offered the homage of a devotee.He closely emulated the lives of his two great heroes: the one he followed in composing epic verse, the other in debating philosophic questions with his friends of like tastes.
		The best drawn of the minor characters are Fabius Cunctator, an evident copy of Lucan's Cato, and Paullus, the consul killed at Cannae, who fights, hates and dies like a genuine man.Clearly it was a matter of religion with Silius to repeat and adapt all the striking episodes of Homer and Virgil.
		Recent writing on Silius is generally in the form of separate articles or small pamphlets.
	www.crystalinks.com /romepoets.html (3297 words)

	Tacitus, Thule and Caledonia: PART FIVE
		Silius), surveying in Domitian's lifetime the record of the Flavian dynasty, attributes to Vespasian the first penetration into the groves of Caledonia and the discovery and conquest of Thule, and that in the early years of his principate.
		Silius' account may well reflect what was an established fact, namely that Caledonia proper had been breached in the principate of Vespasian.
		Silius and Juvenal are referring to the culmination of the Caledonian campaign, with Agricola's fleet conquering the Orkneys and reaching Shetland, terrifying the minima contentos nocte Britannos before the long nights set in.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /fartherlands/thule.html (5021 words)

	Detail Page
		Silius Italicus was probably from Spain but the place of his birth remains unclear.
		An accomplished orator, he was an associate of both Pliny the Younger and Martial, attaining notoriety as a lawyer but also as an informer during the reign of Nero.
		Silius Italicus probably began writing after his retirement, bringing a Stoic-influenced outlook to his work.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1601 (183 words)

	Silius
		Silius Italicus (26-101 CE) was born in the time of Tiberius He became famous in the law courts (Martial vii 63), rose to become consul in 68 CE, the year of Nero’s demise, and gained a good reputation as proconsul of Asia.
		3.222-27: (Silius) Hand down to fame, O Calliope, the peoples called forth by this frightening enterprise and born against Rome, the realm of Latinus.
		217-8: (Silius) Give fame, give, O Muse, to the man who was permitted to overcome two camps and tame both of their furor.
	www.religioromana.net /romanprayers-piscinus/silius.htm (1548 words)

	Prayers in the "Punica" by Silius Italicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Silius Italicus (26-101 CE) was born in the time of Tiberius, became famous in the law courts (Martial vii 63), rose to become consul in 68 CE, the year of Nero’s demise, and gained a good reputation as proconsul of Asia.
		Suffering from a recurring incurable disease (clavus), Silius in his seventy-fifth year abstained from taking food, which was thought a brave and virtuous act.
		7.217-8: (Silius) Give fame, give, O Muse, to the man who was permitted to overcome two camps and tame both of their furor.
	www.societasviaromana.org /Collegium_Religionis/silius.php (2215 words)

	Amazon.com: "Silius Italicus": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I worked with Paccius Africanus and Silius Italicus, two famous informers at the top of their trade; some of you may have heard of them.
		Silius Italicus, for instance, who is far removed from the facts he describes, would not hesitate to create such a scene.
		Catius Caesius Fronto was the son or adopted son of the poet Silius Italicus.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Silius-Italicus (567 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.08.31
		Book-length studies of Silius Italicus are rare, and in English rarer still.
		Marks notes that Silius' intertextual technique is "additive rather than subtractive and, as such, allows Scipio to recall several models in the same episode or to recall previous models even as he grows and takes on new ones" (p.
		The scholarship that discusses whether Silius' poetry is pro- or anti-Domitian replicates the debate between optimistic and pessimistic readings of epic familiar from interpretation of Vergil as pro- or anti-Augustus.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2006/2006-08-31.html (1639 words)

	American Academy in Rome - Role Models Abstract - Spentzou
		In the late first century AD the Roman poet Silius Italicus produced a new epic version of the Punic Wars, the great patriotic war of Roman history.
		These examples raise the possibility of a hero who was not socialised in the Roman style, an oppositional figure who expresses his heroic masculinity in new, perhaps socially isolated, ways.
		Silius Italicus' Hannibal, a non-Roman hero, an obvious anti-hero, allows the discussion of conflicting modes of heroism and models of leadership in tension to the heroism of Aeneas and the Roman character of Punica.
	www.aarome.org /confs/rm_abstr/rm_ab_spentzou.htm (475 words)

	Ben TIPPING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		For most readers of Silius' poem, however, Hannibal is too demonically opposed to Rome and Romanity to be in any straightforward sense a hero.
		If, however, the "light of history" shines harshly upon Silius' Hannibal, its severity is mitigated by the opportunities we have to see through his eyes.
		For what Silius' Hannibal sees on the shield recalls precisely those aspects of the Virgilian Aeneas' association with Dido that are problematic for Aeneas' heroic status; specifically, it brings to mind the possibility that in Virgil's Dido-episode, infidelity is not, as stereotypically, a Punic vice, but a crime committed by Dido's proto-Roman lover.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/TIPPING.html (426 words)

	The Best Reviews: Lindsey Davis, The Accusers Review
		The trip leaves Falco broke so though he is normally a very principled informant he reluctantly accepts as clients two shyster lawyers Paccius Africanus and Silius Italicus though he detests doing so.
		Silius Italicus decides to start a new prosecution and, with a little coercion, Falco joins the action.
		Blinded by the vision of rich pickings to be gained by a winning verdict, Falco temporarily forgets that, if they fail, the financial penalties leveled against the informers who brought the case are potentially enormous.
	thebestreviews.com /review19447 (430 words)

	Silius Italicus - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An orator and state functionary, Silius was made consul in AD 68 and proconsul in Asia Minor in AD 77.
		His epic on the second Punic war, Punica, an imitation of Vergil's Aeneid, is the longest surviving Latin poem.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Silius Italicus" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-siliusit.html (260 words)

	The Gaels in Gallaecia - Irish Nationalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We consider that these words include one of most descriptive, synthetic and exact definitions that have been able to express in all the times what nowadays is usually denominated Celtic music.
		The text, from Silius Italicus was more or less equal to the one we see here, conserved and copied time and time again by the monks of the monasteries for 2000 years, always rereading the following transcriber what had been written in the previous calligraphic reproduction.
		As we saw in the preface of the present text, that contributes an appointment of Silius Italicus on the matter, the abilities of the Galicians were yet perfectly developed, by that time.
	www.irish-nationalism.net /forum/showthread.php?t=801 (5961 words)

	Sam Smith (Liverpool) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This paper is a comparison of the two main characters in the epics of Lucan (Bellum Civille) and Silius Italicus (Punica); respectively Lucan’s Caesar and Silius’ Hannibal.
		The focus shall be on the points of direct contact between the two epics and the light this sheds on the agendas behind the authors’ constructions of their principal ‘characters’.
		Livy, Caesar) I shall consider the way in which a pseudo historical figure can be constructed in the epic tradition and the purposes this serves, such as the way we receive and analyse these comparisons and how we are perhaps to view them.
	www.reading.ac.uk /classics/CA/abstracts/smith.htm (100 words)

	Silius Italicus Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This file forms part of A Hellenistic Bibliography, a bibliography on post-classical Greek poetry and its influence, accessible through the website of the department of Classics of the University of Leiden.
		‘Silius Italicus et Valérius Flaccus.’ REA 101, 1999, 499-521.
		Schrijvers, Piet H. ‘Silius Italicus en het Romeinse sublieme.’ Lampas 37, 2004, 86-101.
	www.gltc.leidenuniv.nl /index.php3?m=57&c=215 (411 words)

	THE ACCUSERS
		The prosecutor of the case, Silius Italicus, employs Falco and Associates again to prove the death was not self-inflicted.
		With the information Falco uncovers in his investigation, Silius takes Metellus’ daughter, Juliana, to court for the murder of her father.
		He was disinherited from his father’s estate, in favor of his ex-wife, Saffia Donata, which is what Silius views as motive.
	www.roundtablereviews.com /roundtable/Archives/davislindsey304a.htm (636 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Silius Italicus
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		Silius Italicus, in full Titus Catius Silius Italicus (AD 25 or 26 - 101), was a Latin epic poet.
		The spirit of the Punic times is but rarely misconceived--as when to secret voting is attributed the election of men like Flaminius and Varro, and distinguished Romans are depicted as contending in a gladiatorial exhibition.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Silius_Italicus (2303 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 824 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The work of Silius Italicus was first brought to light after the revival of letters by Poggio the Florentine, having been discovered by him while attending the council of Constance.
		books Englished from the Latine of Silius Italicus, with a continuation from the triumphe of Scipio to the death of Hannibal, by Tho.
		The commencement was translated into French verse by Mich. de Marolles, and was appended to his " Considerations sur une Critique de PEneide," 4to.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3158.html (811 words)

	Harvard University Press: Punica, I, Books 1-8 by Silius Italicus
		Silius (T. Catius Silius Italicus), AD 25–101, was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector.
		He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived.
		The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two volumes.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/L277.html (141 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		This is one of the six Florentine miniatures in the Hermitage made to decorate the codex of the epic poem by Silius Italicus (25-101 AD), which tells the story of the Second Punic War.
		The manuscript appears to have been commissioned sometime between 1447 and 1455 by Pope Nicholas V, whose portrait appears in one of the miniatures.
		At the end of the 18th century, however, when the manuscript was still in the monks' care, the larger illustrations (apart from seven) were taken out to be sold and were soon acquired by representatives of the Russian court.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_3_4_3c.html (152 words)

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		The argument that Silius refers to the ancestor of Corvinus, the famous orator M. Valerius Messalla Corvinus, in the speech (5.82-100) is convincing,[[6]] as is the demonstration of Varro's 'Asian' style of rhetoric.
		As concerns Flaminius it would have been perhaps more fruitful to start with the tradition of self-presentation and the invectives in the epic battle scenes, rather than to explore them as isolated pieces of rhetoric.
		Helzle shows that Silius supplies each of the three commanders with a different world view.
	www.und.ac.za /und/classics/98-03hel.html (1823 words)

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