When he came to Rome from a campaign, the people called him to office, 1 not by way of showing favour to him, but hoping through him to capture Carthage speedily and easily.
1 The consulship in 147 B.C. Cf. Velleius Paterculus, i. 12. 3.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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