ita nescias utrum illi plus decoris patrum conscriptorum auctoritas an militum consilium adiecerit: toga enim Scipionem ducem adversus Poenos creavit, arma poposcerunt.
So it is hard to say whether the authority of the Conscript Fathers or the counsel of the soldiers did him more honour; the gown made Scipio commander against the Carthaginians, but arms demanded him.
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