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From republic to empire; Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius Italicus.(Brief article)(Book review)
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0820498092
From republic to empire; Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius Italicus.
Marks, Raymond.
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
2005
308 pages
$57.95
Paperback
Studien zur klassischen Philologie; v.152
PA6695
In 81 AD, retired from an active political life, Silius began composing his historical epic about the Second Punic ...
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