Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Texts and Translations Used
- Introduction: Silius Italicus and the Roman Hannibal
- Chapter One The Roman Hannibal Defined
- Chapter Two Before Silius: The Creation of the Roman Hannibal
- Chapter Three Silius' Influences
- Chapter Four Epic Models
- Chapter Five Silius' Roman Hannibal
- Chapter Six Out of the Darkness and into the Light
- Chapter Seven Hannibal's Decline after Cannae: Separating Man from Myth
- Chapter Eight Imitators and Innovators
- Chapter Nine Band of Brothers
- Chapter Ten The ‘Lightning Bolts’ (Fulmina) of War
- Chapter Eleven The Man and his Myth: The Self-Defined Roman Hannibal
- Conclusion: The Crossing of the Worlds: The Move from Internal to External Narrative
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index locorum
Acknowledgements
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Texts and Translations Used
- Introduction: Silius Italicus and the Roman Hannibal
- Chapter One The Roman Hannibal Defined
- Chapter Two Before Silius: The Creation of the Roman Hannibal
- Chapter Three Silius' Influences
- Chapter Four Epic Models
- Chapter Five Silius' Roman Hannibal
- Chapter Six Out of the Darkness and into the Light
- Chapter Seven Hannibal's Decline after Cannae: Separating Man from Myth
- Chapter Eight Imitators and Innovators
- Chapter Nine Band of Brothers
- Chapter Ten The ‘Lightning Bolts’ (Fulmina) of War
- Chapter Eleven The Man and his Myth: The Self-Defined Roman Hannibal
- Conclusion: The Crossing of the Worlds: The Move from Internal to External Narrative
- Bibliography
- General Index
- Index locorum
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- The Roman HannibalRemembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus’ Punica, pp. ix - xPublisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2014