ceterum crimen eius in suam laudem Cicereius convertit: nam ut vidit omnibus se centuriis Scipioni anteferri, templo descendit abiectaque candida toga competitoris sui suffragatorem agere coepit, ut scilicet praeturam melius Africani memoriae concederet quam sibi vindicaret.
But Cicereius turned Fortunes reproach to his own credit. For seeing that he was ahead of Scipio in all the centuries, he came down from the platform and putting off his white gown began to canvass for his competitor, thus better yielding the Praetorship to Africanus memory than if he had claimed it for himself.
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