“It is but fair, Publius Cornelius, that whilst .份J十」 O。 wn case I have never preferred my own一reputation rote“，华e, rests of theState you should- pardon me for-not regarding even your glory as more important than the welfare of the monwealth I admit that if there were no war in Italy or an enemy from whose defeat no glory was to be gained, ‘一E' winning glory ini“.foreign war. But as our enemy Hannibal ;·严been hol卿g Italy for冬ourteen. years wit仑an i州eteated ，?'mv. you will surely not despise the Qylorv‘of expelimLr from :、，，‘，，‘。J，，。，‘…‘二二。. ‘. };aly during your consulship the enemy who has been the cause many defeats, so many deaths, and of leaving it on record t it is you who have terminated this war, as C. Lutatius has le lastina- Lylorv of brinaina the First Punic War to a close? 、“，。长U，TT，，践.， ，，uiess. maeea。nasarupai was a nner general than Hannibal, ，，`,the last war a more serious one than this one, or the victory 挂ire brilliant one than this will be,er whilst you are consul. Wouldilcar away from Drepana and3 his Carthaginians from Italy?to the glory you have acquiredfor, you will not pride yourselffrom war rather than Italy.aemy that the man who prefersild not be thought to fear ratheru not gird yourself to this task?it from here to where Hannibalinstead of taking a roundaboutou have crossed over into Africaixious to wixfthe crowning glory end; your natural course willry before you go to attack the 一娜De peace in ltaiy鬓 two armies in Italv and also in Africa. we have nothing一left from which to equip a fleet and furnish it with supplies, and over and above all this who can fail to see what great dangers would be incurred?P. Licinius, let us suppose, is conducting the campaign in Italy and P. Scipio one in Africa. Well, supposing-may all the gods avert the omen which I shudder at the mention of!but what has happened may happen again-supposing, I say, that Hannibal wins a victory and marches on Rome, are we to wait till then before recalling you from Africa, as we recalled Q. Fulvius from Capua?What, if even, in Africa, the fortunes of war prove equally favourable for both sides?Take warning from the fate of your own house, your father and uncle destroyed with their armies within a month of each other in the country where they had raised the name of Rome and the glory of your family high among the nations through their successful operations by land and sea. The daylight would fail me if I attempted to enumerate the kings and captains who by their rash invasion of their enemy's territory have brought the most crushing defeat on themselves and their armies. Athens, a city most sensible and wise, listened to the advice of a young man of high birth and equally high ability,'?