Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 79

erat isdem temporibus Ti. Gracchus P. F., qui bis consul et censor fuit, cuius est oratio Graeca apud Rhodios; quem civem cum gravem tum etiam eloquentem constat fuisse. P. etiam Scipionem Nasicam, qui est Corculum appellatus, qui item bis consul et censor fuit, habitum eloquentem aiunt, illius qui sacra acceperit filium; dicunt etiam L. Lentulum, qui cum C. Figulo consul fuit. Q. Nobiliorem M. F. iam patrio institute deditum studio litterarum - qui etiam Q. Ennium, qui cum patre eius in Aetolia militaverat, civitate donavit, cum triumvir coloniam deduxisset - et T. Annium Luscum huius Q. Fulvi conlegam non indisertum dicunt fuisse;

"At the same time lived Tiberius Gracchus, son of Publius, who was twice consul and censor and whose Greek speech delivered at Rhodes survives. He is agreed to have been both a weighty citizen and an eloquent one. Publius Scipio Nasica, called Corculum, who likewise was twice consul and censor and was the son of the man who received the sacred objects, is also said to have been regarded as eloquent. They say the same of Lucius Lentulus, who was consul with Gaius Figulus; of Quintus Nobilior, son of Marcus, who, following his father's example, was devoted to literary studies and, when serving as one of the three commissioners who founded a colony, granted citizenship to Quintus Ennius, who had campaigned with his father in Aetolia; and of Titus Annius Luscus, the colleague of this Quintus Fulvius, who is said not to have lacked eloquence.

«À la même époque vivait Ti. Gracchus, fils de Publius, deux fois consul et censeur, dont il existe un discours grec prononcé à Rhodes; il fut, de l'avis général, un citoyen grave et éloquent. On dit aussi éloquent P. Scipion Nasica, surnommé Corculum, lui aussi deux fois consul et censeur, fils de celui qui avait reçu les objets sacrés; ainsi que L. Lentulus, consul avec C. Figulus. Q. Nobilior, fils de Marcus, attaché selon la tradition paternelle à l'étude des lettres, et qui accorda même la citoyenneté à Q. Ennius, lequel avait servi en Étolie avec son père, lorsqu'il fonda une colonie comme triumvir, ainsi que T. Annius Luscus, collègue de ce Q. Fulvius, ne furent, dit-on, pas dépourvus d'éloquence.»