Portents. The censors who had been elected during the previous year were Sextus Aelius Paetus and C. Cornelius Ceth egus. Cornelius closed the lustrum. The assessment returns gave the number of citizens as 243,704. There was an enormous rainfall that year and the low-1厂ng parts of the City were inundated by the Tiber. Near the Porta 凡umentana some buildings collapsed and fell in ruins. The Porta Coelimontana was struck by lightning and the wall adjacent was struck in several places. At Aricia and Lanuvium and on the Aventine there were showers of stones. It was reported from Capua that a huge swarm of wasps flew into the forum and settled in the temple of Mars, and that they were carefully collected and burnt. In consequence of these portents the Keepers of the Sacred Books were ordered to consult them. Sacrifices were offered for ninedays，Publicintercessi0nSwereapnine days, public intercessions were aPpointed and the Citya underwent lustration.2 During this time M. Porcius Cato dedicated the chapel of Victoria Virgo near the temple of Victory, which he had vowed two years previously. During the year a Latin colony was settled at the Castrum Frentinum in th le territory o of Thurium. The commissioners who superintended the colonisation were Apustius. Fullo and_ Q二elius和bero,些e latter. of whom ha咚 brought in. the bill for its settlement.， "l}he， colonists comprised 3000 intantry and 300 cavalry, a small nUMDer in proportion to the amount of land available. "Thirty j ugera might have been allotted to each infantryman and 6o to each of the cavalry, but on the advice of Apustius a third of the land was reserved, which could, were it desired, be assigned to fresh colonists. The infantry received 2 o j ugera and the cavalry 4o each.