At the beginning of spring Laevinus set sail from Corcyra and after rounding the promontory of Leucata reached Naupactus. He announced that he was going on to attack Anticyra, so that Scopas and the Aetolians mi ght be ready for him there. Anticyra is situated.in Locris, on the left hand as you enter the Corinthian Gulf, and is only a short distance eithgr by sea or land from Naupactus. In three days the attack began in both directions;the naval attack was the heavier one because the ships were furnished with artillery and engines of every kind, and it was the Romans who were delivering the attack on this side. In a few days the place surrendered and was made over to the Aetolians;the booty in accordance with the treaty became the property of the Romans. During the siege a despatch was handed to Laevinus informing nim roar ne naa peen mane consul, ana that r. aui- 饭cius was coming to succeed him. Whilst he was there he was overtaken by a to山ous illness, and consequently arrived in Rome much later than was expected. Events in Rome.-M. Marcellus entered upon his consulship on March 15, and in order to comply with traditional usage summoned a meeting of the senate on the same day. The meeting was a purely formal one;he announced that in his colleagu e's absence he should not submit any proposals either In respe c亨of the policy of the State or the assignment of provinces. ’‘Iam quite aware," he told the senators,“that there large body of Siciliansquartered in the country houses of my detractors round the City. I have no intention of preventing them from publishing here in Rome the charges which have been got up by my enemies ;on the contrary, I wa.s prepared to give them an immediate opportunity of appearing before the senate had they not pretended to be afraid of speaking about a consul in his colleague's absence. When, however, my colleague has come I shall not allow any business to be discussed before the Sicilians have been brought into the senate house. M. Cornelius has issued what is practically a formal summons throuLyhout the island in order that as many as possible might come to Rome to lay their complaints against me. He has filled the City with letters containing false information about a state of war existing in Sicily, solely that he may tarnish my reputations" The consul's speech won for him the reputation of being a roan of moderation and self-control.The senate adjourne d，of and it seemed as though there would be a total suspension business pending the other consul's arrival.， As. usual, iTeness lea to caiscontenz ana盯um Dlulg. The were loud in their complaints about the way the war dragged on, the devastation of the land round the City wherever Hannibal and his army moved, the exhaustion of Italy by the constant levies, the almost annual destruction of their armies. And now the new consuls were both of them fond of war. far too enterprising and ambitious, quite capable, even in a time of peace and quiet, of getting up a war, and now that war was actually going on all the less likely to allow the citizens any respite or breathing space.