Through the influence of his son, he obtained the honour of Roman citizenship, probably at the time when the colony of Pisaurum was planted in B.C. 184. This distinction Ennius has himself recorded in a line of the Annals which indicates the high value which the Roman allies attached to this privilege:- Nos sumu' romani qui fuvimus ante Rudini.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
romani pontifices apostolicam bibliothecam magno studio amplificant atque illustrant.
"The Care of Books"
John Willis Clark
Commentum sane stupidissimum, ut pudeat me romani nominis, quod in sua religione non conquirant viros, qui saltem prudenter et ornate nobis haereticis responderent."
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente