Nec plus extraordinarium imperium ad id bellum quaesitum quam duobus antea maximis Punicis bellis quae a consulibus aut a dictatoribus gesta et confecta sunt, quam Pyrrhi, quam Philippi, quam post Achaico bello, quam Punico tertio; ad quod populus Romanus ita sibi ipse delegit idoneum ducem, P. Scipionem, ut eum tamen bellum gerere consulem vellet.
No extraordinary command was required for that war any more than in the two great Punic Wars earlier on, which were waged and brought to their conclusions by consuls or dictators, or in the war against Pyrrhus, in the war against Philip, and later in the Achaian War, or in the Third Punic War. As to the last, the Roman people chose the appropriate general for itself, Publius Scipio, in such a way that it had him nevertheless conduct the war as consul.
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