Valerius Calisus (Proxy of Lucius Caecilius Cinna) rises,

"I see no problem, either. Might I remind this Senate also that it was Catulus Aemilius Albinus Uticus Princeps Senatus who left for Illium to negotiate the truce that ended the first Trojan war? I think we can all agree that this truce was needful at the time, and that it probably would not have come into being without the direct negotiation of the Princeps Senatus."

"Senators, if a Princeps Senatus can be as far away as the court of Flaminius in Illium, a Princeps Senatus can certainly be in Africa if there is such a need."