de quo cum explorasset Numidam esse, orbum relictum a patre, educatum apud avunculum Masinissam, eo ignorante immaturam adversus Romanos ingressum militiam, et errori illius veniam dandam et amicitiae regis fidissimi populo Romano debitam venerationem tribuendam existimavit.
Scipio found out that he was a Numidian, left an orphan by his father and brought up with his uncle Masinissa, and that without the latters knowledge he had precociously taken service against Rome. He considered that the boys error should be pardoned and due respect accorded to the friendship of a king most loyal to the Roman people.
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