He was a known orator and a man of letters. Upon the death of his blood uncle Scipio Aemilianus in 129 BC, Fabius presented a banquet to the citizenry of Rome and pronounced the funeral oration of the deceased general.
The passage describes Fabius, a man known for his eloquence and literary skills, delivering a eulogy at a public gathering after the death of his blood uncle, Scipio Aemilianus.