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<\/a><\/p>\nSigh<\/em><\/p>\n What did Lucius Aemilius Paullus<\/a> know and when did he know it<\/a>?<\/p>\n Follow the money.<\/a><\/p>\n The Aemilii<\/a> Paulii<\/a> called him “Boy<\/a>“:<\/p>\n Boy<\/em><\/p>\n [Boy]…was one of the 1,000 Achaean<\/a> nobles who were transported to Rome as hostages in 167 BC, and was detained there for 17 years. In Rome, by virtue of his high culture, [Boy] was admitted to the most distinguished houses, in particular to that of Aemilius Paullus<\/a>, the conqueror in the Third Macedonian War<\/a>, who entrusted [Boy] with the education of his sons, Fabius<\/a> and Scipio Aemilianus<\/a> (who had been adopted by the eldest son of Scipio Africanus<\/a>). As the former tutor of Scipio Aemilianus, [Boy] remained on cordial terms with his former pupil and remained a counselor to him when he defeated the Carthaginians in the Third Punic War<\/a>…When the Achaean hostages were released in 150 BC, [Boy] was granted leave to return home, but the next year he went on campaign with Scipio Aemilianus to Africa, and was present at the capture of Carthage, which he later described.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well before Blair<\/em><\/p>\n Follow the money.<\/p>\n Trailing glory<\/em><\/p>\n Consider the primary sources of the primary source’s<\/a> considerations.<\/p>\n Do Disturb<\/em><\/p>\n Then there was\u00a0Gaius Laelius<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gaius Laelius (left?) with Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major<\/em><\/p>\n Gaius Laelius (left?) with Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major<\/em><\/p>\n Gaius Laelius was the Nick Carraway<\/a>\u00a0of the Second Punic War: somehow everywhere yet somehow nowhere. Consider Wikipedia’s\u00a0Laelian words: “obscure”, “obscurity”, \u00a0“suggests”, “apparently”, “may have”, “largely unknown”, “not clear”. His epitaph might as well have been “Laelius appears to have died some years after 160 BC, but his year of death is mentioned by neither Livy nor Polybius.”\u00a0Laelius often seems digitally inserted<\/a> into the Second Punic War. You find him (maybe) at Ticinus<\/a>, New New City<\/a>, Ilipia<\/a>,\u00a0Zama<\/a>. Laelius’ life was like a box of chocolates: you might get a tasty treat or wake up to your favorite thoroughbred’s severed head on the bed sheets.<\/p>\n Father’s day is just around the corner<\/em><\/p>\n The story we have of the Second Punic War is not Boy’s. While, to a certain extent, it might be young Scipio’s or middling Fabius Maximus’, the history that rolled down through Boy and Boy groupies like Titus Livius Patavinus<\/a>\u00a0or Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus<\/a>\u00a0is Gaius Laelius’ history.<\/p>\n He gave Boy an offer he couldn’t refuse. Grey Narrator as Grey\u00a0Eminence<\/a>.<\/p>\n Be like Boy<\/em><\/p>\n Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0However, even if you’re Boy bringing gifts, you don’t bite the hand that feeds you if the hand bites back harder. And rude victors bite even as they beware.<\/p>\n Boy played his part in Laelius’ scheme.\u00a0And what was this scheme?<\/p>\n Follow the money.<\/p>\n Photo Booth<\/em><\/p>\n Laelius was Scipio’s Horatio<\/a>. Much like Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa<\/a> was for Gaius Julius Caesar<\/a>, his rise was due to his role as Scipio’s shadow. A rising Scipio lifts all Laelii.<\/p>\n Laelius\u00a0was at the bridge<\/a> between Scipio’s current controversy and future immortality. He had to hold it against Marcus Porcius Catos<\/a>\u00a0at the gates who’d casually destroy Scipio’s reputation after talking about ways to improve Roman trash collection, animal control, or even destroying those wascally Phoenicians.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
captor<\/del> employer. He was Lucius Aemilius Paullus<\/a>‘ son.<\/li>\nminder<\/del> student as a lad. Prolific collector of agnomina<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>based on wrecked<\/a> cities<\/a>.\u00a0Adopted grandson of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (Major to his Minor).\u00a0Biologically, Paullus Macedonicus’ son.\u00a0Pa Macedonicus showed Skip where he kept Boy’s leash<\/a> before he died. He was Lucius Aemilius Paullus<\/a>‘ grandson.<\/li>\nminders<\/del>\u00a0pupils as a lad. Adopted into the family of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator the Dictator<\/a>. Biologically, Paullus Macedonicus’ oldest son.\u00a0He had the spare key to where Boy’s leash was kept.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n