At M. Marcellus, qui primus et Hannibalem vinci et Syracusas capi posse docuit, cum in consulatu quarto eius Siculi de eo questum in urbem venissent, nec senatum illa de re habuit, quia collega Valerius Laevinus forte aberat, ne ob id Siculi in querendo timidiores essent, et ut is rediit, ultro de iis admittendis rettulit querentesque de se patienter sustinuit.
M. Marcellus, who was the first to show that Hannibal could be defeated and that Syracuse could be captured, was Consul for the fourth time when Sicilians came to Rome to make complaints about him. He did not convene the senate on the matter because his colleague Valerius Laevinus happened to be away and he was afraid that the Sicilians would on that account be less bold in airing their grievances. When Valerius returned, Marcellus made a motion of his own accord to admit them and patiently put up with them as they complained about himself.
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