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Quid enim monstro similius quam superioris Africani filius Scipio, qui in tanta domestica gloria ortus a paruulo admodum regis Antiochi praesidio capi sustinuit, cum ei uoluntaria morte absumi satius fuerit quam inter duo fulgentissima cognomina patris et patrui, altero maiori oppressa Africa iam parto, altero maiore ex parte recuperata Asia surgere incipiente, manus uinciendas hosti tradere eiusque beneficio precarium spiritum obtinere, de quo mox L. Scipio speciosissimum deorum hominumque oculis subiecturus erat triumphum. Idem praeturae petitor candidam togam adeo turpitudinis maculis obsolefactam in campum detulit, ut, nisi gratia Cicerei, qui patris eius scriba fuerat, adiutus esset, honorem a populo impetraturus non uideretur. quamquam quid interfuit utrum repulsam an sic adeptam praeturam domum referret? quam cum propinqui ab eo pollui animaduerterent, id egerunt, ne aut sellam ponere aut ius dicere auderet, insuperque e manu eius anulum, in quo caput Africani sculptum erat, detraxerunt. dii boni, quas tenebras e quo fulmine nasci passi estis!
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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