Their speech to the senate was much the same as the one they had made to SciDio:thev disclaimed anv resDonsibility
1，砂砂几口 for the war on the part of the government and threw the entire with Rome remained unbroken to that day .Their instructions accordingly simply that they should ask to be allowed to continue on the same terms of peace as those which had been settled on the last occasion with C. Lutatius."
In accordance with the traditional usage the praetor gave any one who wished permission to interrogate the envoys, and the senior members who had taken part in 二加g the former treaties put various questions. The envoys, who were almost 心一voung men. said that they had no recollection of what
.少侣J， happened. Then loud protests broke out from all parts of the House;。the senators declared that it was an instance of Punic treachery, men were selected to ask for a renewal of the old treaty who did not even remember its terms.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
SciDio — a candidate entry
The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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