30oo men were raised for service in Sicily, as all the troops.n that province had been taken to Africa and it had been 豁掇黑翩ly should1 be protected by forty ships1 untilfrom Africa.' Villius took with him thirteen new ships, the rest were the old ones in Sicily which were refitted. M. Pompon had been praetor the near before. j‘.户， was appointed to take charge of this fleet, and placed board the new levi ”she had brought from Italy. A flee,1 equal strength was assigned to Cnaeus Octavius, who also been praetor the previous year similar powers for the protection praetor Lentulus was ordered to with the fleet. In view of the Carthaginian fleet would land, though they would be sure to see110卜ome unguarded spot, M. Ma.t r T.吻s was furnished with fortyt .It t snips to watch the coast of Italy. I he consuls were authorised by the senate to raise 3000 men for this fleet and also two legions.to defend the City against all contingencies. The province of Spain was left in the hands of the former commanders， L. Lentulus and L. Manlius Acidinus, who retained their legions. olo ，Qn Altogether there were 20 legions and r6o ships of war active service this year. The praetors were ordered to go to their respective provinces. Before the consuls left the City they received the commands of the senate to celebrate the Great Games which the vow of the Dictator T. Manlius Torquatus required to be celebrated every five ，，00，。2;‘+ke n}.,rli};},，八‘44,。1+A。 .71,.1;。~。_、:_，J j %,"i。，1l b11%- %.Vt1U11,1V11 V1 b11G 1 C尸U Ulltr 1 CiilalilCU unaltered. .Numerous sto..桩es of portents filled men's minds with supersutious terrors.It was said that crows picked with their beaks some of the gold on the Capitol and actually ate it, and rats gnawed a golden crown at Antium. The whole of the countrv round Capua was covered by an immense flight of locusts。 -and no one knew whence they had come. At Reate·a foal was born. with five feet; at Anagnia fiery meteors were seen in parts of the sky and these were followed by a huge at Frusino a thin bow encircled the sun, w址ch to such a size that it extended beyond the at Arpinum there was a subsidence of the ground and a vast chasm was formed. Whilst one of the consuls was sacrificing, the liver of the first victim was found to be without a head $ These portents were }d by sacrifices of full-grown animals, the college of pon intimated the deities to whom they were to be offered.