A Conspiracy amongst the Slaves.-In Gaul n of any importance was accomplished by the consul Sex. though he had two armies in the province. He retained the one which L. Cornelius had commanded and which ought to have been disbanded.and placed C. Helvius in command of it. 尹J‘， the other army he brought with him into the province. Almost the whole of his year of office was spent in c6mpelling the former inhabitants of Cremona and Placentia to return to the homes from which they had been dispersed by the accidents of war. While things were unexpectedly quiet in Gaul this ,year, the districts round the City very nearly became the scene of a rising among the slaves. The Carthaginian hostages were under guard at Setia. children of the nobility they were attended by a large body 5口洛ILe slaves whose numbers had been swelled by many whom Setians themselves had purchased from among the prisoners taken in the recent war in Africa. When they had set their conspiracy on foot they sent some of their number to gain over the slaves in the country round Setia and then in the districts of Norba and Cerceii. Th 。Iheir prep arations being now sufficiently advanced they arran ged to seize the opp ortunity of the Games which were shortly to take place a t S etia and attack the people while their attention was absorbed in the spectacle. Then m the midst of the excitement and bloodshed the slaves were to seize Setia and then secure Norba and Cerceii. _Information of this monstrous affair was brought to. Rome1 ' 1 1 r T 1. .. T 11 ana laia netore‘。Cornelius, the ,Uity praetor. :1 wo slaves came to him before daybreak and gave him a full account of what had been done and what was contemplated. After issuing instructions for them to be detained in his house he convened the senate and communicated the intelligence which the informers had brought. He received instructions to start off once to investigate and crush the conspiracy. Accompanied a.七 奋‘r7 five assessors he compelled all whom he found in the fields to take the military oath, arm themselves and follow him. In this informal levy he collected an armed force of about 2000 men with which he reached Setia, all of them being perfectly seized the ringignorant of his destination. Here he promptlyleaders, and this led to a general flight of slavesParties were sent through the fields to hunt the from the town. m down.…10 The service rendered by the two slaves who gave the information and by one who was a freeman was of the utmost value. To the latter the senate ordered a gratuity of ioo,ooo ases, to each of the slaves 5000 ases and their liberty, the owners being compensated nsated out of the public treasury. Not long aft erwards news a示ved that some slaves, the remains of that y, were intending to seize Praeneste. L Cornelius proceeded thither and inflicted punishment on nearly 2000 who had been involved in the plot. Fears were entertained by the citizens lest the Carthaginian hostages and prisoners of war should have been prime movers in the affair. Strict watch was accordingly kept in Rome in all the different wa川s, the subordinate magistrates were required to visit the posts and the superintendents of gaols were to see that the public prison at the quarries was more stri arded Instructions were also sent by the praetor to the communities for the hostages to be kept in privacy and not allowed to appear in public;the prisoners were to be