![]() ![]() “And yet Scipio so far excelled all other men in greatness of mind…” Polybius, Roman History 10,40 ![]() “Scipio the Elder used to spend on literature all the leisure he could win from his military and political duties, and he used to say that he was busiest whenever he had nothing to do.” Plutarch, Moralia “He introduced the wearing of the Gallic cloak, and himself used to wear a black one.” Polyaenus, Stratagems 8,16 Scipio’s love of Greek culture was not well-seen by conservative Romans. Scipio… was at the same time accustomed to the gymnasium and wore a pallium, or long mantle, and those finer sort of shoes called crepidae.” Valerius Maximus 6,1. It was asserted that he walked about the gymnasium in a Greek mantle and Greek slippers.” Livy 29 “The Roman commander was even taunted with his style of dress as being un-Roman and even unsoldierly. He was at the most vigorous time of life, and his recovery from his recent illness had given him a freshness and clearness of complexion which renewed the bloom of youth.” Livy 28 The majesty, natural to Scipio, was heightened by his flowing hair and the simplicity of his general appearance, which was devoid of all adornment and decoration, and in the highest degree manly and soldierly. But when he saw him, he felt a deeper veneration for him. “From what he had heard of his achievements, the Numidian had pictured him in imagination as a man of grand and imposing presence. ![]()
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