842 Gracchi genus, e.g. (i.) Tib. Sempronius Gracchus, twice Consul 215, 212 B.C., in 2nd Punic War; (ii.) T. S. G. distinguished in Spain; (iii.) the two great Tribunes, Tiberius and Gaius.
843 Scipiadas = (i.) Scipio Africanus Maior, victor at Zama, 202 B.C.; (ii.) Scipio Africanus Minor, destroyed Carthage, 146 B.C.
844 Fabricium, Consul 282 and 278 B.C. in war with Pyrrhus. Proof against bribes.
Serrane = Regulus, victor at Ecnomus, 256 B.C., a prisoner, 255 B.C. True to his word.
845 Maximus = Q. Fabius M. Cunctator, Dictator after Cannae. The Shield of Rome.
846 From the Annals of Ennius (239-169 B.C.), often quoted.
855 Marcellus, five times Consul. Took Syracuse 212 B.C. The Sword of Rome.
857 magno . . . tumultu = when a great upheaving shakes it.—Page.
Tumultus (as Cic. tells us) is specially used of a rising in Italy or in Gaul, as it was close to Italy. (Elsewhere = bellum.)
858 Sistet, . . . sternet. Notice the antithesis and alliteration (assonance).