Cato, by Design, Let Fall Some Libyan Figs

Ben carnan writes on his return while he was rearranging the folds in his toga in the senate, cato, by design, let fall some libyan figs. And then, after everyone had expressed admiration for their size and beauty, he said that the land produced them was but three days sail from rome. But ye, it, as kiernan writes, it's all a lie. His figs could not have come from carthage more than a six day voyage in summer. Some may even have read his advice on how to plant african figs in italy. So cato spent the last five years of his life haranguing his fellow senators