Talibus accensi patres, fatoque vocante, consulis annuerunt dictis, faustumque precati ut foret Ausoniae, tramittere bella dederunt.
By this speech the Senate was carried away. They followed the call of destiny and assented to Scipios proposals. Praying that the result might be fortunate for Italy, they allowed him to take his army across the sea.
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