▁any ▁of ▁her ▁own ▁de eds . ▁For ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁it ▁seemed ▁such ▁a ▁mar v ell ous ▁thing ▁to ▁give ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁bronze ▁co ins ▁as ▁dow ry ▁to ▁one ' s ▁husband ..." ▁ ▁B occ ac cio ▁used ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁Val er ius ▁Maxim us ▁as ▁his ▁source , ▁but ▁they ▁" dis ag ree ▁widely ▁about ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁money ▁in ▁Meg ull ia ' s ▁dow ry ". ▁Val er ius ▁says ▁in ▁his ▁Book ▁ 4 ▁( 4 . 1 0 ) ▁that ▁G na eus ▁Corn el ius ▁Sci pio ▁Cal v us ▁wrote ▁to ▁the ▁Senate ▁from ▁Spain ▁asking ▁to ▁be ▁replaced . ▁He ▁wanted ▁to ▁go ▁home ▁to ▁build ▁up ▁a ▁dow ry ▁for ▁his ▁daughter ▁that ▁just ▁became ▁of ▁marry ing ▁age . ▁The ▁Senate ▁wanted ▁Sci pio ▁to ▁stay ▁in ▁command , ▁so ▁they ▁consult ed ▁with ▁the ▁b ride ▁to ▁be ▁and ▁Sci pio ' s ▁family ▁and ▁agreed ▁on ▁an ▁amount ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁acceptable ▁for ▁a ▁dow ry ▁of ▁a ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁person ▁of ▁such ▁high ▁rank . ▁They ▁raised ▁a ▁dow ry ▁for ▁Sci pio ' s ▁daughter ▁from ▁the ▁tre as ury ▁of ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁ass es . ▁Val er ius ▁comp ares ▁this ▁sum ▁of ▁a ▁family ▁fortune ▁to ▁those ▁raised ▁for ▁" Tu cc ia , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Ca eso ▁Qu inct ius " ▁( 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁ass