Sic, ubi perrupit stagnantem calculus undam, exiguos format… - Silius Italicus

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Sic, ubi perrupit stagnantem calculus undam,
exiguos format per prima volumina gyros,
mox tremulum uibrans motu gliscente liquorem
multiplicat crebros sinuati gurgitis orbes,
donec postremo laxatis circulus oris
contingat geminas patulo curuamine ripas.

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Silius Italicus (c. 28 – c. 103) was a Roman consul, orator, and Latin epic poet. His only surviving work is the 17-book Punica, an epic poem about the Second Punic War.

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Native Name: Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus

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