In addition to the corn which had been accumulated from the plunder of all the country round，and the supplies which had been conveyed from Sicily and Italy, a large quantity was sent by the propraetor Cnaeus Octavius which he had obtained from Ti. Claudius, the governor of Sardinia. The existing grar.aries being all full, new ones were built. The army was in need of clothing and Octavius received instructions to confer with the governor as to whether any could be made and despatched from that island. The ，matterwas promptly attended to and in a short time 1200 togas and 12,000 tunics were sent off. Events in Italy.-During this summer the consul P. Sempronius, who was commanding in Bruttium, was marching near Croto when he fell in with Hannibal. An irregular battle ensued, as both armies were in column of march and did not deploy into line. The Romans were repulsed, and though it was more army were killed. They retreated in confusion to their camp, but the enemy did not venture to attack it. The consul, however, marched away in the silence of the night after despatching a message to the proconsul P. Licinius to bring up his legions. With their united forces the two commanders marched back to meet Hannibal. 'Where was no hesitation on either side. the consul's confidence was restored by the户oubl呼of his and the enemy's courage was raises ay his recent. _P.T.Sempronius stationed his own legions in front, those of. . , . r. Llcinius were placed in reserve. At the commencement of the battle the consul vowed a temple to Fortuna Primigenia in case he routed the enemy, and his prayer was granted The Carthaginians were routed acid put to flizht. above aooc were killed.nearlv zoo were made prisoners and 4o horses anc ，Jl‘P Z:standards were captured. Daunted by his failure. Hanniba; withdrew to Croto. Etruria, at the other end of Italy, was alms )st wholly in sympathy with Mago, hoping to effect a revolu tion with hip help. The consul M. Cornelius kept his hold on the. province more by the terror created by his judicial proceedings than by force of arms. He conducted the investigationsw hich 笋tionswhitions wch the senate had commissioned him to make with out any respect of persons, and many Etrurian nobles who had personally interviewed Mago or been in correspondence with him about the defection of their cantons were brought up and condemned to death;.，others knowing themselves. to.be equally guilty went into exille and were sentenced in their absence. As their persons beyond arrest, their property.only could be confiscated