Antony Augoustakis, Professor of Classics, is the co-author (with Neil W. Bernstein of Ohio University) of a new work that offers, in one volume, a modern English translation of all 17 books of Silius Italicus’ epic Punica.

Titled Silius Italicus' Punica: Rome’s War with Hannibal, the book is available for pre-order and will begin shipping on March 2.

Composed in the first century CE, Punica tells the story of the Second Punic War between Rome and Hannibal’s Carthage (218-202 BCE). It is not only a crucial text for students of Flavian literature, but also an important source for anyone studying early Imperial perspectives on the Roman Republic.

The translation is clear and comprehensible, while also offering an accurate representation of the Latin text.

Augoustakis is the author of Statius, Thebaid 8 (2016), Motherhood and the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic (2010), as well as several edited volumes. He is the editor of The Classical Journal.

For more about this new work: https://www.routledge.com/Silius-Italicus-Punica-Romes-War-with-Hannibal/Augoustakis-Bernstein/p/book/9781138291454