Itaque eiusdem temporis femina Busa nomine, regionis autem Apulae ditissima, merito quidem liberalitatis testimonium receperit, sed excellentes opes suas Fabianis rei familiaris angustiis non comparaverit: nam etsi circa decem milia civium nostrorum, Cannensis proelii reliquias, benignissime intra Canusina moenia alimentis sustentavit, salvo tamen statu fortunarum suarum munificam se populo Romano praestitit: Fabius in honorem patriae paupertatem inopia mutavit.
So let a woman of the same period, Busa by name, the richest in the region of Apulia, deservedly receive the testimony of her liberality, but let her not compare her preeminent resources with the straitened means of Fabius. True, she most generously sustained with nourishment some ten thousand of our countrymen, remnants of the battle of Cannae, inside the walls of Canusium, but her munificence to the Roman people did not jeopardise her own financial standing, whereas Fabius for the honour of his country exchanged poverty for destitution.
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