During the year a number of Roman citizens were settled as colonists in Puteoli, Volturnum and Liternum;three hundred were assigned to each place. Similar settlements were made in Salernum and Buxentum. The commissioners who supervised the emigration were Tiberius Sempronius Longus, who was consul at the time. M. Servilius and O. Minucius Thermus. The land distributed amongst them had formed Dart or the aomain of t,apua. A colony of tcoman citizens was also established at Sipontum on land which had belonged to Arpi. The commissioners in this case were D. Junius Brutus, M. Baebius Tamphilus and M. Helvius. Roman citizens were also sent as colonists to Tempsa and Croto;the territory of the former had been taken from the Brutii, who had expelled the Greeks from it;Croto was still held by the Greeks. The commissioners for the colonisation at Croto were Cneius Octavius, L. Aemilius Paulus and C. Laetorius;those for Tempsa were L. Cornelius Merula and C. Salonius.l? Some portents appeared in Rome this year and others were announced from various places. In the Forum, the Comitium and the Capitol drops of blood were seen;there were several showers of mud, and the head of the statue of Vulcan appeared to be on fire. It was reported that the river Nar had flowed with milk, that boys of respectable parents at Ariminum had been born without eyes or nose, and one in the district of Picenum without hands or feet. These portents were expiated as directed by the pontiffs. 6acrilices were also offered for rune days .in consequence of a report from the people of Hadria that a shower of stones had fallen on their soil.