person
Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio
also: Scipiadam, Scipiadae
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, destroyer of Carthage (146 BC), patron and friend of Lucilius; the model of the great man at ease with the satirist.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.1 of Scipio
Scipio Aemilianus, destroyer of Carthage and patron of Lucilius; the model of a great man who tolerated, even relished, the satirist's frankness.