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Silius Italicus

Also known as Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus

1st-century AD Roman senator, orator and poet (26–101)

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Vinony's link graph records 491 inbound references to Silius Italicus, and connects out to Italy, Spain and Virgil.

It sits within the topics 100s deaths, 1st-century Roman consuls and 1st-century Roman poets.

Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Italica
Place of death: Campania
Child: Lucius Silius Decianus
Occupation: historian
Position held: Roman consul
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: Punica
Image: Silius Italicus.jpg

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date of birth: 0026-01-01
date of death: 0101-00-00
manner of death: Suicide
birth name: Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
name in native language: Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
Commons category: Silius Italicus
writing language: Latin
Commons Creator page: Silius Italicus
P13311: Latin alphabet

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Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Silius Italicus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus ( Latin: [ˈsiːlijʊs ɪˈt̪alɪkʊs] , c. 26 – c. 101 AD) was a Roman senator, orator and epic poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature. His surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War and the longest surviving poem in Classical Latin at over 12,000 lines.

A painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting Silius Italicus at the tomb of Virgil.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silius Italicus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.