Events in Rome. Portents.一The other consul, Publius Cornelius Scinio. had in the ballot drawn Gaul as his province. tsetore leaving for the coming war with the troll no asked the senate to vote a sum of money for the Games which he had vowed in the crisis of battle during his praetorship in Spain. They looked upon his request as unprecedented and unjustifiable and passed a resolution to the effect that as he had vowed Games on his own initiative without consulting the senate he should meet the cost of them from the proceeds of the spoils taken from the enemy, if he had any money reserved for the purpose, otherwise he must bear the expense himself.' He celebrated the Games for ten days. The temple of Mater Mazna Idaea was dedicated about t:iis time. it was auring the consulsnip of r. k,. acipio--atterwarcis called Africanus-and P. Licinius that the goddess was brought from Asia;the above-named P. Cornelius conducted her from the harbour to the Palatine.8 The censors, M. Livius and C. Claudius, had signed the contract for the building in accordance with instructions from the senate during the consulship of M. Uornelius and Y. 5empronius. After the lapse of thirteen years unius Brutus dedicated it, and the Games which were ed on the occasion of its dedication were. according to Valerius Antias.the first scenic Games ever given and were called the Megalesia. Another dedication was that of the temple ventas in the Circus Maximus, which was carried out饰C. s Lucullus. M. Livius had vowed it on the day when he destroyed Hasdrubal and his army, and when he was censor he signed the contract for its construction in the consulship of M. Cornelius and P. Sempronius. Games were celebrated in connection with this dedication also and everything was done with greater solemnity