he had acted ill and rashly. War with the Gauls was the destined Drero,aative of the house of the Furs." 25 1LL1A. l nrougn speecnes or tnls xina aenverea by him and his friends, the personal influence of the praetor, who was on the spot, outweighed the dignity and authority of the absent consul，and by an overwhelming majority a triumph was decreed to L. Furius. So L. Furius as praetor celebrated a triumph over the Gauls d uring his magistracy. He brought intot h t乓e treasury 320,000 ases and i oo,500 Pou nds of silver. N0 prisoners were led in procession before his chariot. nor were any spoils exhibited. nor was he follow It was obvious that everything except the actual victory was at the disposal of the consul. Events in Rome.;.-The Games which Scipio had vowed when he was proconsul in Afri ca, were celebrated with great splendour. A decree was made for the allotment of land to his soldiers; each man was to receive two i uzera for everv vear he had served ，肠.J了甘 in Spain or in Africa, and the decemviri managed the allotment. Commissioners were also appointed to colonists at venusia, as the strength of that colony had been diminished in the war with Hannibal. C. Terentius Varro, T. Quinctius Flamininus and P. Cornelius, the son of Cnaeus S ciplo，were the commissioners who undertook the task. During this year C. Cornelius Cethegus who was holding Spain as propraetor routed a large army of the enemy in the Sedetan district. 15,000 Spaniards are said to have been killed in that battle and seventy-eight standards taken. On his return to Rome to conduct the elections, C. Aurelius as was ant iciDated. make it a earound of comp Lint senate had not awaited his return or given 址m the opportunity of discussing the matter with the praetor. What he did complain of was the way in which the senate had passed the decree granting the triumph without hearing any嘴比se who had taken part in the war or indeed any one at叨except the man who was to enjoy the triumph.“Our ancestors," he said,“laid it down that the lieutenants general,咖:Military1 tribunes, the centurions and the soldiers should :be present in order that the peo .Plth e of Rome might have visible proof of the victory won妙 e man for whom such an honour was decreed. Was there a single soldier out of the army which fought with the Gauls, or even a single camp-follower from whom the senate might have enquired as to the truth or falsehood of the praeto is report?” After making this protest he fixed the day for the elections. The new consuls were L. Cornelius Lentulus and P. Villius Tappulus. Then followed the election of praetors. Those returned were L. Quinctius Flamininus, L. Valerius Flaccus, L. Villius Tappulus and Cn. Baebius Tamphilus. Provisions were remarkably cheap that year. A great quantity of corn had been brought from Africa and the curule aediles, M. Claudius Marcellus and Sex. Aelius Paetus, distributed it to the people at two ases the modius. They also celebrated the Roman Games on a splendid scale and repeated them a second day. Five bronze statues from the proceeds of fines were placed by them in the treasury. The Plebeian Games were celebrated three times by the aediles. L. Terentius Massiliota and Cn. Baebius Tamuhilus. the latter being praetor-designate. Funeral Games were also exhibited in the Forum for four days on the occasion of the death of M. Valerius Laevinus by his sons, Publius and Marcus; ve-and-twenty they also gave a gladiatorial spectacle in which fipairs fought together. One of the Keepers of theM. Aurelius Cotta, died and Manlius Acilius Sacred Books, Glabrio was appointed to succeed him. It so happ ened that the curule aediles who were elected were both unable to take up their duties at once;Gaius Cornelius Cetaegus was elected while absent in Spain where he held command;C. Valerius Flaccus was in Rome when he was elected, but as he was a Flamen of Jupiter he could not take the oaths, and it was not permitted to hold any magistracy for Flaccus asked that this and the senate decreed that if an aedile should provide some one, with the approval of the consuls, to take the oaths for him, the consuls might if they thought good arrange with the tribunes for the matter to be referred to the plebs. L. Valerius Flaccus, praetor-designate, was brouc,ht forward to take the oaths for his brother. The tribunes brought the matter before the plebs, and the plebs decided that it should be just as though the aedile himself had taken them. In the case of the other aedil e, the tribunes requested the plebs份 appoint two men to command the armies in Spain.and the that the curule aedile J‘， C.T分rnelius should come home to take. up his. duties and that 十·，臀叩‘少s ticidinus should retire_ trom his province after having nem it for many years. They then made .an order that Cn. Cornelius Lentulus and L. Stertinius should have the full powers of proconsuls in Spain.