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So then Q. Maximus did nothing; nor L. Aemilius our father, Scipio, and my excellent son's father-in-law! So with other old men the Fabricii, the Guru and Coruncanii when they were supporting the State by their advice and influence, they were doing nothing!
SCIPIONES: 'men like Scipio', i.e. the elder Africanus; so 15 Fabricii Curii Coruncanii. Cicero has here put his own opinion of Scipio into the mouth of Cato, who, during a large part of his life, was a staunch and even bitter opponent of Scipio, and therefore not likely to couple him with Fabius. Cf. Introd.
Ceteri senes, Fabricii Curii Coruncanii, cum rem publicam consilio et auctoritate defendebant, nihil agebant? 16 Ad Appi Claudi senectutem accedebat etiam ut caecus esset; tamen is, cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum, non dubitavit dicere ilia, quae versibus persecutus est Ennius: quo vobis mentes, rectae quae stare solebant antehac, dementis sese flexere viai