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Phocion, an Athenian general and statesman, born 402 B.C., died 317 B.C. He was famous for his virtue and his poverty.
Epaminondas, the great Theban general who fell at Mantinea, 362 B.C. He was of noble birth but poor.
Fabricius. See note on chap. 10.
Gnaeus Scipio. Cp. Val. Max. iv. 4. 10. 'In the second Punic war Gnaeus Scipio wrote to the senate from Spain, begging that he might be replaced in his command. For his daughter was now of marriageable age, but could not be provided with a dowry during his absence from Rome.'
Publicola (Valerius), colleague of Brutus in the consulship in the first year of the Republic.
Agrippa, Menenius, consul 503 B.C., mediator between the plebs and the nobles in 493 B.C., in which year he died.
Atilius Regulus. See note on Serranus, chap. 10.
Scipio Africanus the younger.
Laelius, the intimate friend of the younger Africanus.
Crassus, the famous financier, triumvir with Caesar and Pompey.