erant quidem in senatu plerique opibus culti genere sublimes, aetate graves consilio utiles, dignitate elati dignatione communes, sed servata pace reliquorum duo fastigatissimi consulares, Gennadius Avienus et Caecina Basilius, prae ceteris conspiciebantur.
Certainly there were many in the Senate who were blessed with wealth and exalted in lineage, reverend in years and helpful in counsel, elevated by their dignity and yet accessible through their condescension; but (with all due respect to the rest) two consulars of the highest distinction, Gennadius Avienus and Caecina Basilius, were conspicuous above their fellows.
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