10-01-2019, 07:27 AM
Michael wrote:
I think you`re right that Alimentus was in the right place at the right time and had the motives to fabricate, but there are so many sources implicit in Appian that lead me to believe/suspect that the official, family history of Scipio`s son and Scipio`s memoirs are represented there too and that these were fabrications too.
The only piece I know of about Scipio’s son was written by Cicero (Brutus 77): “Contemporary with the Cato above-mentioned (though somewhat older) were C. Flaminius, C. Varro, Q. Maximus, Q. Metellus, P. Lentulus, and P. Crassus who was joint Consul with the elder Africanus [205 B.C.]. This Scipio, we are told, was not destitute of the powers of eloquence: but his son, who adopted the younger Scipio (the son of Paulus Aemilius) would have stood foremost in the list of orators, if he had possessed a firmer constitution. This is evident from a few speeches, and a Greek History of his, which are very agreeably written.”
If the links are broken, look for the title of the books in Google Books.[/font]
I think you`re right that Alimentus was in the right place at the right time and had the motives to fabricate, but there are so many sources implicit in Appian that lead me to believe/suspect that the official, family history of Scipio`s son and Scipio`s memoirs are represented there too and that these were fabrications too.
The only piece I know of about Scipio’s son was written by Cicero (Brutus 77): “Contemporary with the Cato above-mentioned (though somewhat older) were C. Flaminius, C. Varro, Q. Maximus, Q. Metellus, P. Lentulus, and P. Crassus who was joint Consul with the elder Africanus [205 B.C.]. This Scipio, we are told, was not destitute of the powers of eloquence: but his son, who adopted the younger Scipio (the son of Paulus Aemilius) would have stood foremost in the list of orators, if he had possessed a firmer constitution. This is evident from a few speeches, and a Greek History of his, which are very agreeably written.”
If the links are broken, look for the title of the books in Google Books.[/font]
