quam putemus constantis et praevalidi illum ingenii fuisse, qui neque tristi iudiciorum exitu compelli neque honorum magnitudine adduci potuit quo se blandiorem in administratione rei publicae gereret? Equestris quoque ordinis bona magnaque pars, quadringenti iuvenes, censoriam notam patiente animo sustinuerunt, quos M. Valerius et P. Sempronius, quia in Sicilia ad munitionum opus explicandum ire iussi facere id neglexerant, equis publicis spoliatos in numerum aerariorum rettulerunt.
What a resolute, powerful character he must have had! The unhappy outcome of trials could not compel nor the magnitude of official honours induce him to take a gentler line in the conduct of public affairs. A good substantial part of the equestrian order, four hundred men of military age, patiently suffered a censorial stigma. Ordered in Sicily to go and finish some fortification work, they had neglected to do so, in consequence of which Censors M. Valerius and P. Sempronius deprived them of their public horses and relegated them to the lowest category.
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