Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius°

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SILIUS ITALICUS, TIBERIUS CATIUS ASCONIUS°

SILIUS ITALICUS, TIBERIUS CATIUS ASCONIUS ° (26–101), Roman epic poet and public official. He flatters Vespasian and Titus in referring to their subjugation of Judea, which he, like Statius, calls Idumea (Punica 3:599f.).

[Jacob Petroff]

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