subiungere plura non passus, gentis morem arbitriumque senatus Scipio demonstrat, vanique absistere coepti spe iubet et patres docet haec expendere solos.
But Scipio suffered him to say no more; he explained the temper of his people and the supreme power of the Senate, and bade the king abandon his fruitless design: the Senate alone had power to discuss such matters.
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