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en-wikipedia-org-8779		Silius Italicus - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2989	332	67	Silius was generally believed to have voluntarily and enthusiastically become an informer under Nero, prosecuting in court persons whom the emperor wished condemned.[5] He was consul in the year of Nero's death (AD 68), and afterward became a close friend and ally of the emperor Vitellius, whom he served, according to Pliny sapienter et comiter, wisely and amicably.[5] He is mentioned by Tacitus as having been one of two witnesses who were present at the conferences between Vitellius and Flavius Sabinus, the elder brother of Vespasian, when the legions from the East were marching rapidly on the capital.[6] Silius became proconsul of Asia AD 77-78 as attested in an inscription from Aphrodisias which describes his activities in maintaining the institutions of the city.[7] According to Pliny (Ep. 3.7), he performed his duties well and earned himself a place of importance in the empire. "The Other as Same: Non-Roman Mothers in Silius Italicus' Punica," Classical Philology 103.1:55–76. Scipio Africanus in the Punica of Silius Italicus. The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' 'Punica'. Exemplary Epic: Silius Italicus' Punica.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8779.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8779.txt