Eadem gens nullum ante scripulum argenti habuit quam Paullus, Perse devicto, Q. Aelio Tuberoni, genero suo, quinque pondo argenti ex praeda donaret: taceo enim quod princeps civitatis filiam ei nuptum dedit cuius pecunia tam ieiunos penates videbat.
The same clan did not possess a scruple of silver until Paullus after conquering Perses gave his son-in-law Q. Aelius Tubero five pounds of silver out of the booty. I say nothing of the fact that this leader of the community gave his daughter in marriage to a man whose house he saw to be so starved of money.
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