s Lucretius received Ariminum, as the province of Gaul called;Sicily fell to L. Aemilius and Sardinia to ctavius IX. Envoys from Saguntum appear before the Senate一 senat held a session in the Capitol. A resolution was ed on the motion of P. Scipio that he should celebrate the es which he had vowed durinor the mutiny and defrav the t out of the money which he had brought into the treasury. he introduced a deputation from Saguntum. the senior J‘、曰J， of which addressed the House in the follo wing terms: lthough there is no form of suffering. senators. which we e not endured in order to keep our faith with you to the the kindness which you and your generals have shown made us forget our misery. For us you have undertaken for fourteen years have carried it on with such deter- that often you have brought yourselves and often Carthaginians to the last extremities. Though you heart of Italy such a terrible war and such an enemy as Hannibal, you nevertheless sent consul with r!` army to Spain to collect. as it were. the remains of(JF From the day that the two Scipios, Publius au C. Cornelius, came into the province they never at any momen failed to do good to us and injury to our enemies. First of ax they restored our city to us, and sent men all over Spain V,9 find out those of us who had been sold into slavery and、:， them free. When our fortunes, from being utterly miserah had become almost enviable, your two generals Publius，1 C. Cornelius met with their deaths，a loss which we felt ei. 1 more bitterly than you. It seemed at the time as though!it had been brought back from distant exile to our old home om, to see for the second time our own ruin and our countre destruction. It did not require a Carthaginian general or ar, to effect our annihilation, the Turduli, our inveterate enew, who had been the cause of our former collapse, would `}q‘ been quite able to extinguish us. And just when we hi·”玉几 all hope, you suddenly sent P. Scipio, whom. we are m)i fortunate than all our fellow-citizens in seeing here to-drat We shall carry back to our people the news that we have setl as yo ur consul-elect the one man in whom we placed all hopes of safety. City after city has been taken by him f rot] y0Ureyour enemies throughout Spain. and in every instance r. 侣J‘了 picked out the Saguntines from the mass of prisoners and s .c them home. And lastlv the Turdetani. such deadlv enem口 J，r to us that had their strength remained unimpaired Sagunt,rr. must have fallen. even thev have been brought so low by( ，护几‘J arms that thev are no longer to be feared by us.nor. if I n"n dare to say' so, by our posterity. The tribe in whose fav:A Hannibal destroyed Saguntum have had their own city stroyed before our eves. We take tribute from their land. -f it is not the profit, but the revenge that we enjoy most. j，1 “For these blessings, the greatest that we could hope fo ask heaven to grant, the senate and people of Saguntum ht sent this deputation to convey their grateful thanks. We:， at the same time to convey their congratulations to YOU II having been so successful these last years in Spain and Itr. that you have subjugated the one country by the migh,.“ } your arms.not onlv as far as the Ebro, but even to its distant shores which the ocean bounds. whilst in the other 0山备1 J凡.﹄二 have left the Carthaginian nothing outside the rampart of great Guardian of your stronghold in the Capitol,tO'I } timus Maximus. we are Diaaen not only to render these boons, but also. if you allow us to offer and aerry to him in the Capitol this gift of a golden crown, as a E armorial of your victories. We pray that you will sanction 。r，and further, if it seem Good to vou. that you will ratify and 马J.声， {、:.firm for all t而e the advantages which your generals have a,h-iferred upon us.” ，The senate replied to the effect that the destruction and ev,loration of Saguntum would both alike be a proof to all the} __1 1 r . 7 r " , t 1， iria of the faith whi哄each. side had kept to the other. Their 呷eras号had产叮冬ea wisely and properly and in accordance with tre wisnes?‘the，senate in restoring Saguntum一and rescuing err, citizens rrom slavery, and all other acts of kindness which ray had performed were such as the senate wished to have done. acco护ed permission to the envoys to place their gift in j31101. n)e ree quarters and hospitality were provided for them at the -drat of the State, and orders were given for each to be presented speth a sum of not less than r o,ooo ases. l&he other deputations were then admitted to an audience ftothe senate. e the Saguntines also asked to be allowed to make a tour sough Italy as far as they could with safety, and guides were ;rrmished them and letters sent to the different towns requesting