Epic poem · 1661

Punica

The Second Punick War between Hannibal and the Romanes

by Silius Italicus

Translated by Thomas Ross (1661)

Silius Italicus's Latin epic of the war between Rome and Hannibal, the longest surviving Latin epic, in seventeen books of heroic couplets by Thomas Ross.

Contents · 17 parts

• Book Iabout 860 lines
• Book IIabout 950 lines
• Book IIIabout 980 lines
• Book IVabout 1140 lines
• Book Vabout 880 lines
• Book VIabout 950 lines
• Book VIIabout 990 lines
• Book VIIIabout 940 lines
• Book IXabout 860 lines
• Book Xabout 850 lines
• Book XIabout 810 lines
• Book XIIabout 1000 lines
• Book XIIIabout 1200 lines
• Book XIVabout 910 lines
• Book XVabout 1060 lines
• Book XVIabout 880 lines
• Book XVIIabout 870 lines

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