Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago)
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Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago)
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Decimus Junius Silanus was an ancient Roman of the 2nd century BC. He was of noble family and was an expert in Punic language and literature. After Rome's destruction of Carthage in 146 BC, the Carthaginian libraries were given to the kings of Numidia, but one work was considered too important to lose. This was the agricultural manual in Punic by the Carthaginian author Mago. This long work was brought to Rome, and Silanus was commissioned by the Roman Senate to translate it. At about the same p
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