Domestic affairs.-The affairs of Greece, involved as they were with those of Rome, have carried me, so to speak, out of my course, not because they were worth narrating in themselves, but because they brought about the war with Antiochus. After the consular elections-for that was the point at which I digressed the new consuls.L. Ouinctius 'arid Cn. Domitius. left for their provinces Quinctius for Liguria and Domitius for the country of the Boii. The Boii remained quiet. and even their 1， senate with their children and the cavalry commanders with their men, 1500 in all, made a formal surrender to the consul. The other consul devastated the Ligurian country far and wide, captured several of their fortified posts and took from them not only prisoners and booty, but also many of his fellow-citizens and members of the friendly States who had been in the hands of the enemy. During the year the senate and people authorised the forma- 卜n of a military colony at Vibo;3700 infantry and 300 cavalry During this time two alarming incidents occurred in Rome, one lasted longer than the other, but was less.destructive. There wereeartntremors which went. on for thirty-eight days, andwere eartn tremors which went on for thirty-eight days, anti during the whole of the time business was suspended amidst general anxiety and alarm. Intercessions offered up for three successive day Stos avert the peril. other was no groundless alarm, it was a widespread disaster. A fire broke out in the Forum Boarium;for a day and a. night the buildings fronting the Tiber were blazing and all the shops with their valuable stocks were burnt out.