Tarraco was now his headquarters. From there he paid visits to the friendly tribes, and also inspected the winter quarters of the army. He praised them warmly for having maintained their hold on the province after sustaining two such terrible blows, and also for keeping the enemy to the south of the Ebro, there饰de如ving them of any advantages from their victories.and also affording protection to their own friends. Marcius, whom he kept with加m, he treated with so much honour that it was perfectly obvious that Scipio had not slightest fear of his reputation being dimmed by anybody. n afterwards Silanus succeeded Nero and the new troops e sent into winter quarters. After making all the necessary visits and inspections and completing the preparations for the ne对 campa妙Scipio‘returned to Tarraco. His reputati on was quite as great among the enemy as among his own countrymen;there was amongst the former a foreboding, a vague sense of fear which was the stronger because no reason for it could be given. allve The Carthaginian armies withdrew into·their respe winter-quarters:Hasdrubal, the son of Gisgo, to Gades on the coast, Mago into the interior above the forest of Castulo, Hasdrubal, the son of Hamilcar, near the Ebro in the neighbourhood of Saguntum. This summer, marked衍two important events.the recoverv O勺 ﹃洛比0 Capua and the despatch of Scipio to Spain, was drawing a close when a Carthaginian fleet was sent from Sicily to Tarentum to intercept supplies from the Roman garrison in 户:tee citadel. It certainly succeeded in blocking all access to the .;itadel from the sea, but the longer i t remained thet was the scarcity amongst the townspeople as compared with that amongst the Romans in the citadel. For though the coast vas clear and open access was secured to the harbour by the Carthaginian fleet, it was impossible to convey to the population of the city as much corn as was consumed by the crowd of Sailors.drawn from every class，on board the fleet. The zarrison in the citaaei, on the otner nana, aeinz oniv a small bociv. were ame to exist on wnat tnev naa Dreviousiv iaici in. witnout any external supply. At length the ships were sent away, and their departure was hailed with more delight than their arrival had been. But the scarcity was not in the slightest degree lessened, for when their protection was withdrawn, corn could not be brought in at all.