vast amount of every kind. _，XLVIL As many as ro,ooo。freemen were mader , h_prisoners. 六nose竺no were- ,份ti苍ens were set tree,"势a acipio gave them back their city and au the property wnicn the war had left them. There were some 2ooo artisans;these Scipio allotted to the public service, and held out to them hopes of recovering t呼it liberty if thev did their best in the tasks which the war aemanded. The rest of the able-bodied population and the sturdiest of the slaves he ass娜ed to the乒eet， to make up the, '1 0 n L complement_ of rowers二He aiso. augmented his neet oy， nvei's 1 " . vessels which he_had seized. Besides au tms population mere were the Spanish hostages;these he treatea with as much consideration as though they had been children of the allies of Rome二An enormous amount of munitions of war was also secured;120 catapults of the largest size and 281 smaller ones, 23 of the heavier ballistae and 52吨hter ones, together with an immense number of scorpions of various calibre, as well as missiles and other arms. 73 military standards were also captured. A vast quantity of gold and silver was brought to the general, including 287 golden bowls, almost all of which were at least a pound in weight, 18,300 pounds of silver plate and coinage, the former comprising a large number of vessels. This was all weighed and counted and then made over to the quaestor C. Flaminius, as were also io,ooo bushel lsof wheat and 270 pecks of barley. In」 the harbour tran sports were captured, some of them with their cargoes 夕6( 3江 corn and arms as well as bronze iron sails, esparto grass, and other articles required for the fleet. Amidst such an enormous supply of military and naval stores, the actual city itself was regarded as the least important capture of all.