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•ROMAN HISTORY. 1359 Sardinia and Corsica to tlie Romans. Ha- milcar sent into Spain. Coss. L. Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus. Q. Fulvius Flaccus. War continued with the Boii and Ligurians. Coss. P. Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus. C. Licinius Varus. Censs. L. Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus. Q. Lutatius Cerco. Mort. e. The Transalpine Gauls cross the Alps on the invitation of the Boii ; but in consequence of dissensions with the Boii, they return home. The Romans carry on war with the Ligurians and Corsicans. Coss. T. Manlius Torquatus. C. Atilius Bulbus IL The Sardinians rebel at the instigation of the Carthaginians, but are subdued. The temple of Janus is shut for the second time. The poet Naevius flourished. Coss. L. Postumius Albinus. Sp, Carvilius Maximus. Censs. C. Atilius Bulbus. A. Postumius Albinus. War with the Ligurians, Corsicans, and Sar- dinians, who were secretly urged by the Carthaginians to revolt. Birth of M. Porcius Cato. Coss. Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. M'. Pomponius Matho. War with the Ligurians and Sardinians. Coss. M. Aemilius Lepidus. M. Publicius Malleolus. The two consuls carry on war in Sardinia. The agrarian law of the tribune C. Fla- minius. Coss. M'. Pomponius Matho. C. Papirius Maso. Diet. C. Duilius. Mag. Eq. C. Aurelius Cotta. Censs. T. Manlius Torquatus. Ahd. Q. Fulvius Flaccus. Abd. The Sardinians and Corsicans subdued. Sp. Carvilius divorces his wife, the first instance of divorce at Rome : other dates are given for this event. Coss. M. Aemilius Barbula. M. Junius Pera. Censs. Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. M. Sempronius Tuditanus. War with the Ligurians. Coss. L. Postumius Albinus IL Cn. Fulvius Centumalus. War with the Illyrians, who are easily sub- dued. Death of Hamilcar in Spain, who is succeeded in the command by Has- durbal. Coss. Sp. Carvilius Maximus II. Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 1 1. Postumius, the proconsul, who had wintered in Illyricura, makes peace with Teuta, queen of the Illyrians. First Roman em- bassy to Greece. Hasdrubal makes a treaty with the Romans. Coss. P. Valerius Flaccus. M. Atilius Regulus. Number of praetors increased from two to four. B.C. •220- 125 224 223 222 221 220 219 218 Coss. Censs. Coss. M. Valerius Messala. L. Apustius Fullo. L. Aemilius Papus. C. Atilius Regulus. Occis. e. C. Claudius Centho. M. Junius Pera. War with the Gauls. The Transalpine Gauls cross the Alps and join the Cisal- pine Gauls. Their imited forces defeated by the consul Aemilius. The consul Atiliua falls in the battle. Q. Fabius Pictor, the historian, served in the Gallic war. He was a contem- porary of the historian, L. Cincius Ali- mentus. Coss. T. Manlius Torquatus II. Q. Fulvius Flaccus II. Diet. L. Caecilius Metellus. Mag. Eq. N. Fabius Buteo. Second year of the Gallic war. The Boii submit. Plautus, perhaps, began to exhibit in this year. See the article Plautus. Coss. C. Flaminius. P. Furius Philus. Third year of the Gallic war. The consul Flaminius crosses the Po and defeats the Insubrians. Coss. Cn. Cornelius Scipio Calvus. M. Claudius Marcellus. Fourth and last year of the Gallic war. The Insubrians, defeated by the consul Mar- cellus, submit to the Romans. The con- sul Marcellus wins the spolia opim?. Coss. P. Cornelius Scipio Asina. M. Minucius Rufus. Diet. Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. Mag. Eq. C. Flaminius. War with the Istri, who are subdued. Hannibal succeeds Hasdrubal in the com- mand of the Carthaginian army in Spain. Coss. L. Veturius Philo. C. Lutatius Catulus. Censs. L. Aemilius Papus. C. Flaminius. The censors place the libertini in the four city tribes. Flaminius makes the Via Flaminia and builds the Circus Flami- nius. The citizens at the census are 270,213. Coss. M. Livius Salinator. L. Aemilius Paullus. Second lUyrian war against Demetrius of Pharos, who is conquered by the consul Aemilius. Hannibal takes Saguntum after a siege of eight months, and winters at Carthago Nova. The poet Pacuvius born fifty years be- fore Attius. First medical shop opened at Rome by Archagathus a Greek, to whom the Romans granted the jus Quiritiura. Coss. P. Cornelius Scipio. Ti. Sempronius Longus. Second Punic War. First year. Han- nibal began his march from Carthago Nova, at the commencement of spring, and reached Italy in five months. He defeats the Romans at the battles of the Ticinus and the Trebia, and winters