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- ...P. Scipio.
- ...D. Brutus.
PVblius Scipio and D. Brutus are named for this yeeres Coss. by Cassiodorus. Florus in his 55 Epitome; P. Cornelius Nasica (surnamed Serapion in mockerie by C. Curiatius a Trib. of the Com.) & D. Iunius Brutus Coss, levied and mustered soldiors, &c. This Scipio was sonne of that Nasica who was surnamed Corculius, and twise was he Consull and Censoralso, nephew to that Nasica, who by the Senate was deemed the best man in the citie, and father to him that warred upon Iugurtha, as Velleius saith. This Decius Brutus, Cicero in his Brutus calleth the sonne of Marcus, who bare the Consulship in the yeere five hundred ninetie seven, and in the capitoll tables is called Pennus. Moreover, of these Consuls Cicero speaketh very oft. Valeri∣us also in his 3 booke, chap.7.5 book, chap. 3. 9.booke, chap. 15: Likewise Plinie in his 21 booke, and lastly Frontinus.