Sed nescio an praecipuum L. Marci<us> inusitati decoris exemplum, quem equitem Romanum duo exercitus, P. et Cn. Scipionum interitu victoriaque Hannibalis lacerati, ducem legerunt, quo tempore salus eorum in ultimas angustias deducta nullum ambitioni locum relinquebat.
But perhaps L. Marcius example of unprecedented honour takes first place. A Roman knight, two armies lacerated by the deaths of P. and Cn. Scipio and Hannibals victory, chose him as their commander at a point when their survival hung upon a thread and there was no room for popularity-mongering.
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