the conclusion of peace, P. Sempronius left for Rome to take up the. duties of his consulship.XIII. Distribution o f the Comman“一”·Sempronius and M. Cornelius entered upon their consulship in the fifteenth yearof the Punic War. To the latter was decreed the province of Etruria with the standing army there;Sempronius received Bruttium and_ had to. enrol fresh troops._Of the praetors, M. Alarcius took over the City jurisdiction,，乡·bcnbonius L-0 V子卯 was. charged with the 3unsdiction over aliens. and also tue administration of Gaul. Sicily fell toM.Pomponius Matho, and aarChnla to }1-1berlus hlauChus 1V ero. r. }clplo naa ri1s command extended for twelve months with the army and fleet which he already had. P. Licinius was to remain in Bruttiumwith two legions as long as the consul thought it advisable foxhim to retain his command there. M. Livius and Sp. Lucretius were also to retain the legions with which they had been protechis嚼Gaul against Mago. Cnaeus Octavius was to hand overon and the command in Sardinia to Nero and takf `charge of a fleet of forty ships for the protection of the coast within the limits fixed by the senate. The remains of the army of Cannae, amounting to two legions, were assigned t OM。 Pomponius, the praetor commanding in Sicii was to hold Tarentum and C. Hostilius Tub the existing garrisons一both with the rank of propraetor. With regard to the command in Spain it was left to the people the two proconsuls who were to be sent into d they were unanimous in retaining L. Cornelius and L. Manlius Acidinus in command there. The consuls proceeded with the enlistment. as ordered by the senate, for the purpose of raisinz tresn 2 egions for tsruttium ana nnnging the otner armies up to tun strengtn·