[Chapter 17.] Marcus Antonius, the orator, born 143 b.c., Consul 99 b.c.
Carbo, consul 85-82 b.c., one of the leaders of the Marian party and the chief opponent of Sulla after Marius' death.
Manius Curius. See [note on chap. 10].
Marcus Cato, consul in 195 b.c., conducted a successful campaign in Spain in that and the following year.
[Chapter 18.] Aristides, the Athenian statesman and general, surnamed the just, died circa 468 b.c.
Phocion, an Athenian general and statesman, born 402 b.c., died 317 b.c. He was famous for his virtue and his poverty.
Epaminondas, the great Theban general who fell at Mantinea, 362 b.c. He was of noble birth but poor.
Fabricius. See [note on chap. 10].
Gnaeus Scipio. Cp. Val. Max. iv. 4. 10. 'In the second Punic war Gnaeus Scipio wrote to the senate from Spain, begging that he might be replaced in his command. For his daughter was now of marriageable age, but could not be provided with a dowry during his absence from Rome.'
Publicola (Valerius), colleague of Brutus in the consulship in the first year of the Republic.