Superior Africanus Ennii poetae effigiem in monumentis Corneliae gentis collocari voluit, quod ingenio eius opera sua illustrata iudicaret, non quidem ignarus quam diu Romanum imperium floreret, et Africa Italiae pedibus esset subiecta, totiusque terrarum orbis summum columen arx Capitolina possideret, eorum exstingui memoriam non posse, si tamen litterarum quoque illis lumen accessisset, magni aestimans, vir Homerico quam rudi atque impolito praeconio dignior.
He was not ignorant that as long as Roman empire flourished and Africa lay subject at Italys feet and the citadel of the Capitol possessed the topmost pinnacle of the globe their memory could not be extinguished, but he thought it of great moment that the light of letters too should accrue to them. A man worthy to be celebrated by Homer rather than in rude, unpolished strains.
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