Quantis armati caelum petiere Gigantes anguibus, aut quantu… - Silius Italicus

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Quantis armati caelum petiere Gigantes
anguibus, aut quantus Lernae lassavit in undis
Amphitryoniaden serpens, qualisque comantis
auro servauit ramos Junonius anguis.

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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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Publius Papinius Statius Virgil Gaius Valerius Flaccus Lucan Horace

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Stat nulla diu mortalibus usquam,
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exiguos format per prima volumina gyros,
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