It has been suggested that his carthaginian origin perhaps explains the interest which the family of the Scipios first took in him.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
There is no allusion in these fragments to the carthaginian adventures of Aeneas, which Naevius had introduced into his poem on the First Punic War.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Born more than a generation after his native district had ceased to be at war with Rome, he grew up to manhood during the years of peace between the first and second carthaginian wars, when the supremacy of Rome was loyally accepted.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar