Cn. Carbo tribunus plebis, nuper sepultae Gracchanae seditionis turbulentissimus vindex idemque orientium civilium malorum fax ardentissima, P. Africanum, a Numantiae ruinis summo cum gloriae fulgore venientem, ab ipsa paene porta in rostra perductum quid de Ti. Gracchi morte, cuius sororem in matrimonio habebat, sentiret interrogavit, ut auctoritate clarissimi viri incohato iam incendio multum incrementi adiceret, quia non dubitabat quin propter tam artam adfinitatem aliquid pro memoria interfecti necessarii miserabiliter esset locuturus
Tribune of the Plebs Cn. Carbo, a most aggressive avenger of the recently buried Gracchan sedition and a flaming firebrand of the rising civil calamities, led P. Africanus, who was returning from the ruins of Numantia in a blaze of glory, almost from the city gate to the rostra and asked him what he thought of the death of Ti. Gracchus, whose sister he had married. Carbos purpose was by the prestige of an illustrious personage to add plenty of fuel to the fire already started, since he did not doubt that because of so close a connection Africanus would say something compassionate for the memory of his slain relative.
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