Punic War one was taken and destroyed by the other was being attacked. His own army cot assistance to the colonists in their distress unless he was willing to expose his 5ooo allied troops to be massacred the tnat the consul t,. aureuus should oraer his army to muster at Ariminum on the day which he had previously fixed for their muster in Etruria. If the state of public affairs allowed, he was to go in person to suppress the disturbance, otherwise he was to send instructions to L. Furius renuestina him. as J‘、砂.产 soon as the legions reached him, to send班，5000 of the allied contingent to replace them in Etruria, and then raise the siege of Cremona. Commissioners sent to Africa.-The senate also decided to send a mission to Carthage and to Masinissa in Numidia. Their instructions for Carthage were to inform the government that Hamilcar, one of their citizens who had come with either Ha%drubal's or Mago's army, had been left behind and in defiance of the treaty had persuaded the Gauls and Ligurians to take up arms against Rome. If they wished to remain at peace they must recall him and surrender him to the Romans. The commissioners were also to announce that the deserters had not all been given up, a great many of them were stated to be openly walking about in Carthage;it was the duty of the authorities to find them out and arrest them in order that they might be handed over in accordance with the treaty. .These were their instructions for Carthage. To Masinissa they were to convey the senate's congratulations on his having recovered his ancestral kingdom and still more upon his having extended it by the annexation of the richest portion of Syphax's dominions.They were also to inform him that a war had been undertaken against Philip in consequence of his hav ‘ving lent the Carthaginians. active assistance, and when Italy was wrapped in the flames of war he had inflicted injuries on the allies ofto Rome: She was thus compelled to send ships and armies Greece, and by thus dividing her forces Philip was primarily the cause of the delay in sending an expedition to Africa. The commissioners were further to request Masinissa to assist in by sending a contingent of Numidian borse. Some presents were placed in their charge for the king-0 silver vases, a purple robe, a tunics fialmata together ivory sceptre, also a toga praetexta together with a curulechair? They were instructed to assure him that if he required anything for the security and extension of 'his kingdom and would intimate what he wanted, the Roman people would do their utmost to meet his wishes in return for the services he had rendered. Dputation from Syphax's son, Vermina, also appeared the senate一l-ney made excuses for his mistakes on the of his youth and threw all the blame on the faithlessness iv 749 would make every effort not to be outdone in friendly offices to Rome either by Masinissa or by any one else. They ended by petitioning; the senate to confer on him the title of“king, ally and friend." The reply which the deputation received was to the effect that“Syphax, his father, had suddenly without any reason become an enemy to the people of Rome after being their ally and friend, and that Vermina himself had commenced his military education by an attack on the Romans. He must therefore sue for peace before he could have any title to be styled ‘king, ally and friend.' The Roman people were accustomed to confer that honourable distinction in return for great ser,}ces which kings have rendered to them. The Roman envoys would shortly to in Africa and the senate would empower them to. grant peace to Vermina on certain conditions, providing that he left the fixing of those conditions absolutely to the Roman people. If he wanted anything added or cancelled or altered in the terms he must make a fresh appeal to the senate." The men who were sent to conduct these negotiations were C. Terentius Varro, Sp. Lucretius and Cn. Octavius;and they had each a quinquereme placed at their disposal.