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Our
countryman, Ennius, was dear to the elder Africanus; and even on the tomb of the Scipios his
effigy is believed to be visible, carved in the marble. But undoubtedly it is not only the men
who are themselves praised who are done honour to by those praises, but the name of the Roman
people also is adorned by them. Cato, the ancestor of this Cato, is extolled to the skies.
Great honour is paid to the exploits of the Roman people. Lastly, all those great men, the
Maximi, the Marcelli, and the Fulvii, are done honour to, not without all of us having also a
share in the panegyric.
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