Magnum grati populi specimen in Q. Fabio Maximo enituit: nam cum quinque consulatibus salutariter rei publicae administratis decessisset, certatim aes contulit, quo maior ac speciosior funeris eius pompa duceretur.
A notable instance of a grateful people shone in the case of Q. Fabius Maximus. When he died, having administered public affairs to salutary effect in five Consulships, the people vied with one another to contribute money so that his funeral procession should be larger and better appointed.
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