This author offers a scientific explanation of the legend of King Numa and the rain of shields in Book IX of his most famous 
This author offers a scientific explanation of the legend of King Numa and the rain of shields in Book IX of his most famous work. According to Tacitus, he died repeating a passage describing the death of a wounded soldier and had previously earned the ire of Nero for the poem "De Incendio Urbis." For 10 points-- name this author of Bellum Civile, a Roman Silver age poet and nephew of Seneca the Younger.
This author offers a scientific explanation of the legend of King Numa and the rain of shields in Book IX of his most famous work.
Marcus Annaeus {Lucan}us