Silvae Directory References Discover Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? Is Australia an Island? Were the Nazis Socialists? 9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes A Brief (and Fascinating) History of Money How Many People Have Been to the Moon? Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents Contents Silvae work by Statius Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Learn about this topic in these articles:discussed in biography In Statius…poems, collected under the title Silvae (“Forests”), apart from their literary merit, are valuable for their description of the life style of a wealthy and fashionable class—the liberti—during the reign of the emperor Domitian.Read More