Assignment o f the Provinces and Armies.-At the close of the year C. Laelius arrived in Rome, thirty-four days after leaving Tarraco. His entrance into the City with his train of prisoners was watched by a great crowd of spectators. The next day he appeared before the senate and reported that Carthage, the capital city of Snain. had been captured in a single dav. ‘砂几，几‘口J whilst several revolted cities had been recovered and new ones received into alliance. The information gained from the prisoners tallied with that conveyed in the despatches of M. Valerius Messalla. What produced the greatest impression on the senate was the threatened march of Hasdrubal into Italy, which could hardly hold its ground against Hannibal and his arms. When Laelius was brought before the Assembly he }nts alr粤dy made in the senate. A day or solemn thanksZ ivmg for r. Sc2pio's victories was decreed. ana七。l,aenus was oraerea to return as soon as nossi bie to Spain with the ships he had. brou妙t over. Following many authorities, I have referred the capture of New Carthage to this year, though I am quite aware that some writers place it in the following year. This, however, appears improbable, as Scipio could hardly have spent a whole year in Spain without doing anything. The new consuls entered office on March 315th, and on，the same day the senate assigned them their province. They were both to command in Italy;Tarentum was to be the objective for' Fabius;Fulvius was to operate in Lucania and Bruttium. M. Claudius Marcellus had his command extended for a year. The praetors balloted for their provinces;C. Hostilius Tubulus obtained the City jurisdiction;L. Venturius Philo the alien jurisdiction together with Gaul; Capua fell to T. Quinctius C nspnus and Sardinia to C. Aurunculeius. The following was the distribution of the armies. The two legions which M. Valerius Laevinus had in Sicily were assigned to Fulvius, those which C. Calpurnius had commanded in to Q. Fabius; vVas to remain in Etruria and the City force was to form his command; T. Quinctius was to retain the army which Quintus Fulvius had had;C. Hostilius was to take over his province and army from the proprietor C. I,aetorius who was at the time at Ariminum. The legions who had been serving with the consul were asstgn ed to M. Marcellus. M.Valerius and I,. Cincius had their term in Sicily extended, and the army of Cannae Was placed under their command. ..;.they were required to bring to full strength out of any that remained of Un. Yulvius' Sicily, where they were subjected to the same humiliating conditions as the defeated of Cannae and those belonging to Cn. Fulvius' army who had already been sent to Sicily as a punishment by the senate. The legions with which P. Manlius Vulso had held Sardinia were placed under C. Aurunculeius and remained in the island. P. SUIDicius retained his command for another year with instructions to employ the same legion ,and fleet against Macedonia which he had previously had. Orders were issued for tbirty quinqueremes to be despatched from Sicily to the consul at Tarentum, the rest of the fleet was to sail to Africa and ravage the coast, under the command of M. Valerius Laevinus, or if he did not go himself he was tc send either L. Cincius or M. Valerius Messalla. There were no chances in Spain except that Sc1Dio and .juanus naa tneir commands extenaea, not for a year but until such time as they should be recalled by the senate. ouch were the distribution of the provinces and the military commands for the year.