After this speech they separated for the vo ting. The result was in favour of the consul's proposal. thev resolved on 二几，J war. Thereupon，the consuls。actinz on a resolution of the J‘碑产马J senate, ordered special prayers and supplications for three davs. r， and at all the shrines intercessions were offered up that the, war which the Roman people had ordered against Philip might have a happy and prosperou issue. The fetials were consulted the consul as to whether 15.It was necessary for the declaration war to be conveyed personally to King Philip, or whether would be sufficient it it were published in one of his frontier garrison towns. They declared that either mode of procedure would be correct. The senate left it to the consul to select at his discretion one of them, not being a member of the senate, to make the declaration of war The next business was the formation of the armies for the consuls and praetors. The consuls were ordered to disband the old armies and，each of them, to raise two fresh lezions. As the conduct of the new war, which was felt to be a verv serious one, was entrusted to bulmcius, he was allowed to reenlist as volunteers as many as tie could out of the armv which r. acipo nacI orougnt 4acK trom Africa, but on no account to compel any of the veterans to join against his will. The consuls were to give to each of the praetors, L. Furius Purpurio and Q. Minucius Rufus, 5000 men from the Latin contingents as an army of occupation for their provinces, the one in Gaul, the other in Bruttium. Q. Fulvius Gallo also was ordered to select men belonging to the‘Latin and allied contingents from the army which the consul P. Aelius had commanded, b eginrung with those who had seen the shortest service un斑he had made up a force of 5000 men. This army was for the defence of Sicily.M.Valerius Falto, who had had Cam pania for his province during the previous year, was to make a similar selection army in Sardinia, which province he was to take as propraetor b The consuls received instructions to legions in the City as a reserve to be sent wherever need for their services as many’ of the Italian nationalities had taken the side of Carthage in the late war 。，，。，s and were seething with Qll6G1.