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He was bitterly opposed to Scipio while Scipio lived, 1 but felt very sad when he died, and commanded his sons to take part in carrying the bier. He said that he felt grateful to the gods, for Rome's sake, that Scipio had not been born among another people. 2

1 Cicero, De amicitia, 21 (77), and De officiis, i. 25 (87).

2 Cf. Pliny, Natural History, vii. 45 (144), and Valerius Maximus, iv. 1. 12.

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