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Rh ROMAN HISTORY 1361 Censs. M. Livius Salinator. C. Claudius Nero. Fifteenth year of the second Punic war. The war continued in Bruttii. Hannibal con- quered near Croton. Scipio crosses over to Africa. The citizens at the census are 214,000. Ennius the poet is brought to Rome by the quaestor Cato.; from Sardinia. 203 Coss. Cn. Servilius Caepio. C. Servilius. Did. P. Sulpicius Galba Maximus. Mag. Eq. M. Servilius Pulex Geminus. Sixteenth year of the second Punic war. Scipio prosecutes the war with success in Africa. Defeat of the Carthaginians and Syphax ; Syphax is taken prisoner. Han- nibal leaves Italy, and crosses over to Africa. Coss. M. Servilius Pulex Geminus. Ti. Claudius Nero. Diet. C. Servilius. Mag. Eq. P. Aelius Paetus. Seventeenth year of the second Punic war. Hannibal is defeated by Scipio at the de- cisive battle of Zama. The Carthaginians sue for peace. After this year no dic- tator was appointed for 120 years, till Sulla. Death of the poet Naevius. Coss. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus. P. Aelius Paetus. Eighteenth and last year of the second Punic war. Peace granted to the Carthaginians. Coss. p. Sulpicius Galba Maximus II. C. Aurelius Cotta. Renewal of the war with Philip, king of Macedonia. Sulpicius sent into Greece. War with the Insubrian Gauls. Colon}' sent to Venusium. Coss. L Cornelius Lentulus. P. Villius Tappulus. Censs. P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus. P. Aelius Paetus. War continued against Philip and the Gauls. Sulpicius succeeded in the command in Greece by Villius. Colony sent to Narnia. Coss. Sex. Aelius Paetus Catus. T. Quinctius Flamininus. War continued against Philip and the Gauls. Villius is succeeded by Flamininus. Coss. C. Cornelius Cethegus. Q. Minucius Rufus. Wjir continued against Philip and the Gauls. Defeat of Philip by Flamininus at the battle of Cynoscephalae, in the autumn. Peace concluded with Philip. Number of praetors increased to six. Lex Porcia de provocatione. Coss. L. Furius Purpureo. M. Claudius Mai-cellus. • War continued against the Gauls. The con- suls defeat the Insubrians and the Boii. Flamininus proclaims the independence of Greece at the Isthmian games. Han- nibal takes refuge at the court of Antio- chus. Triumviri Epulones created by the Lex Licinia. Coss. L. Valerius Flaccus. M. Porcius Cato. VOL. III. 194 193 192 191 190 189 188 87 186 War continued against the Lauls. Flamini- nus marches against Nabis the tyrant of Sparta. Liberation of Argos. Order re- stored in Spain by the consul Cato. The Lex Oppia repealed. Birth of Terence. Coss. P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus II. Ti. Sempronius Longus. Censs. Sex. Aelius Paetus Catus. C. Cornelius Cethegus. War continued against the Gauls. Flami- ninus and Cato return to Rome, and tri- umph. The Romans found several colonies this year, in Campania, Lucania, Apulia, and Bruttii. In this year the senators receive separate seats at the Roman games. The citizens at the census are 143,704. Coss. L. Cornelius Merula. Q. Minucius Thermus. War continued against the Gauls. Am- bassadors sent to Philip. Coss. L. Quinctius Flamininus. Cn. Doraitius Ahenobarbus. War with the Gauls coatinued. Antiochus crosses over into Greece on the invitation of the Aetolians. The Poenulus of Plautus probably re- presented in this year. Coss. P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica. M'.Acilius Glabrio. War with Antiochus. The consul Acilius defeats Antiochus at Thermopylae. The Aomans defeat the fleet of Antiochus : he winters in PhrA'gia. The consul Cor- nelius defeats the Boii, who submit. The colony of Bononia founded in their country in the following year. The Pseudolus of Plautus probably re- presented in ihis year. Coss. L. Cornelius Scipio (Asiaticus). C. Laelius. The consul L. Scipio crosses into Asia, and defeats Antiochus at the battle of Mag- nesia. Peace made with him, but not ratified till b. c. 188. Coss. M. Fulvius Nobilior. Cn. Manlius Vulso. Ceiiss. T. Quinctius Flamininus. M. Claudius Marcellus. The consul Fulvius subdues the Aetolians Peace made with them. The consul Man- lius conquers the Galatians in Asia Minor. The citizens at the census are 258,318. Ennius accompanies Fulvius into Aetolia. Coss. M. Valerius Messala. C. Livius Salinator. Manlius remains in Asia, and ratifies the peace with Antiochus. He returns home through Thrace and Macedonia, and is attacked by the Thraciuns. Coss. M. Gemilius Lepidus. C. Flaminius. The two consuls carry on war against the Ligurians. 1. Scipio accused of embez- zlement in the war with Antiochus, and is condemned. He was accused by thi Pe- tillii, tribunes of the plebs, at the instiga tion of Cato. Coss. Sp. Postumius Albinus. Q. Marcius Philippus. 4s