SILIUS ITALICUS ON THE SIEGE OF SAGUNTUM (PUNICA I. 271 – II. 707)

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Abstract

The article presents a translation and commentary on the first and second books of Silius Italicus' epic poem "Punica", dedicated to Hannibal's siege of Saguntum. The introductory article analyzes the historical context, literary features, and reception of the work.

About the authors

A. I Lyubzhin

Russian University of Metatechnologies; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Email: vultur@mail.ru
professor; senior researcher Yoshkar-Ola, Russia; Moscow, Russia

A. V Podossinov

Lomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Petrozavodsk State University

Email: podossinov@mail.ru
professor; leading researcher; senior researcher; professor Moscow, Russia; Petrozavodsk, Russia

D. V Zaytsev

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Email: dmitriyzatis@yandex.ru
associate professor; senior researcher Moscow, Russia

A. Yu Markelov

Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Email: pianistmast@yandex.ru
associate professor; researcher Samara, Russia; Moscow, Russia

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