The elections.-After the triumph came the elections. The new consuls were L. Furius Purpurio and M. Claudius Marcellus.The praetors elected the day following were Q. Fabius Buteo。Tiberius Sempronius Lonzus. Q. Minucius Thermus. lvnanius Acuius tllaDrio, l.. Apustius runo ana c,. l aeuus. y 755 B About the end of the year despatches arrived from T. Quinctius stating that he had fought a pitched battle with Philip in Thessaly, and that the enemy had been routed and put to t. These despatches were read by Sergius first in the senate then, with the sanction of the senate, at a meeting of the citizens. A five days' thanksgiving was appointed for this success. The joint delegation from T. Quinctius and Philip arrived soon afterwards. The Macedonians were conducted to the Government building in the Cam s Martius.where then were accommodated as guests of the PSQ U石肠‘几 ate 14 -The senate received them in audience in the temple Bellona;no long speeches were made, for the delegates simply stated that the king was prepared to act in accordance with the wishes of the senate. Following the traditio叫usage, ten commissioners were ise with "1Quinctlus as to the terms on which ;ranted to Philip, and a clause was added to the decree providing that among the members of the commission should be included P. Sulpicius and P. Vil lius, to whom Macedonia had been assigned as their province when they were consuls. On the same day a petition was presented by the.inhabitants of Cosa pra户ng that their numbers might be enlarged, and an order was made for a thousand fresh colonists to be enrolled, no one to be included in the number who had been an enemy alien since the consulship of P. Cornelius and Tiberius Sempronius. i5