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FLAMININUM: T. Quinctius Flaminīnus first served against Hannibal during the Second Punic War. He was present at the capture of Tarentum in 209 B. c., and in 208 was military tribune under Marcellus.

Invitus feci ut fortissimi viri T. Flaminini fratrem L. Flamininum e senatu eicerem septem annis post quam consul fuisset, sed notandam putavi libidinem. Ille enim cum esset consul in Gallia exoratus in convivio a scorto est ut securi feriret aliquem eorum qui in vinculis essent, damnati rei capitalis.

The word sic, at least, is evidently inserted on purpose to correspond with ut before Flamininum, NOCTESQUE DIESQUE: the use of que ... que for et ... et is almost entirely poetical, Sallust being the only prose writer of the best period in whose works the usage is beyond doubt.

ille vir haud magna cum re, sed plenus fidei, quamquam certo scio non, ut Flamininum, sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, novi enim moderationem animi tui et aequitatem, teque non cognomen solum Athenis deportasse, sed humanitatem et prudentiam intellego.

Fin. 4, 37. NEC HABET etc: 'and has no relations with virtue'. The use of commercium in the metaphorical sense is common. INVITUS: see ref. on 38 frequens. FECI UT: a periphrasis not unusual. A. 332, e; G. 557; H. 498, II. n. 2. T. FLAMININI: see n. on 1, l. 1. L. FLAMININUM: as prætor he commanded the fleet under his brother Titus during the Macedonian war; in 192 B.C. he was consul.

D. Refutation of the fourth charge, that old age is unhappy because it involves the anticipation of death. Since the right aim of life is to live not long but well, death ought not to be dreaded at any age 66-69 O Tite, si quid ego adiuero curamve levasso quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, ecquid erit praemi? Licet enim mihi versibus isdem affari te, Attice, quibus affatur Flamininum