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That it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient

for him may be proved by the case of Scipio, that most excellent

man, not only of his own times but within the memory of man,

against whom, nevertheless, his army rebelled in Spain; this

arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his

soldiers more license than is consistent with military

discipline. For this he was upbraided in the Senate by Fabius

Maximus, and called the corrupter of the Roman soldiery. The

Locrians were laid waste by a legate of Scipio, yet they were not

avenged by him, nor was the insolence of the legate punished,

owing entirely to his easy nature. Insomuch that someone in the

Senate, wishing to excuse him, said there were many men who knew

much better how not to err than to correct the errors of others.