The headless city: the decline and fall of Capua in Silius Italicus' Punica
The description of the Romans' siege and recapture of Capua in Silius Italicus' Punica develops the city's role as, at different times and to differing extents, a parallel, antitype, surrogate, and rival to Rome, as well as to the other cities, such as Saguntum, Troy, and Alba, which...
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Language: | English |
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2007
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