An engaging lecture was held at the Primakov Centre, delivered by Dmitry Vladimirovich Zaitsev, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor at RANEPA and Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Analysis of Society, Culture, and History (MIPT, Moscow). The lecture topic — “The Largest Latin Epic and Its Author: Why and How Should We Study Silius Italicus’ Punica in the 21st Century?” — sparked lively interest among students and faculty of Samara University, as well as members of the Pergamen discussion club, who co-organized the event. Dmitry Vladimirovich shared little-known facts about Silius Italicus, the author of the monumental Latin epic …
Lecture “The largest Latin poem and its author: how and why to study the “Punica” by Celia Italica in the 21st century?”
