AMPHORAE aut eō plūs in mūneribus mē
accēpisse aut meā causā quemquam
[75] sūmptum[10] fēcisse. Zōnās, quās
Rōmā proficīscēns plēnās
argentī[11] extulī, eās ex prōvinciā
inānēs rettulī. Aliī amphorās,
quās vīnī[11] plēnās extulērunt, eās
[80] argentō[11] replētās domum
reportārunt.”
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[63.6] When two persons of the same name are mentioned together, the cognomen is usually put in the plural.
[63.7] Africanus Maior.
[63.8] Her brother was the adoptive father of the younger Scipio Africanus. The Gracchi were thus connected with two of the most distinguished of the Roman clans, the Cornelian and the Aemilian.
[64.1] ā puerīs: we say, ‘from childhood.’
[64.2] ‘literature’; abl. of means.
[64.3] ‘guest.’
[64.4] illō saeculō: temporal abl. We say: ‘for that age.’ The writer of these words was familiar with the extraordinary luxury and extravagance that marked the later history of Rome.
[64.5] ‘with womanish pride.’ A tone of contempt often attaches to mulier and its derivatives.