Samenvatting Publius Cornelius Scipio raakt zwaar in de problemen als gevolg van de affaire-Pleminius; Er wordt een onderzoekscommissie onder leiding van de praetor Marcus Pomponius ingesteld om Scipio’s rol in de affaire te bekijken; Quintus Pleminius wordt gearresteerd en naar Rome gestuurd om terecht te staan; Scipio overleeft de affaire-Pleminius…
Summary The popular assembly votes in favour of peace with Macedonia; decemviri are sent to Greece; The situation in Spain is grave after a heavy Roman defeat; The college of the tresviri epulones is set up in Rome; The praetor Manius Acilius Glabrio suppresses a slave revolt in Etruria; After…
Summary A Lex Sempronia curbs usury; Many Romans seek exemption from military service, but the Senate refuses to grant dispensations; A large army of Ligurians surrounds Pisa, but withdraws when the consul Quintus Minucius Thermus arrives with his army; The consul Lucius Cornelius Merula wins a bloody, but decisive victory…
Summary The Latin colony of Bononia is founded; The new praetor of Hispania Ulterior, Lucius Baebius Dives, is killed on the way to his province; Lucius Aemilius Paullus continues his campaigns against the Lusitani and wins a great victory; The pontifex maximus Publius Licinius Crassus prohibits the praetor and flamen…
Summary Publius Cornelius Scipio is in deep trouble because of the Pleminius affair; An investigatory committee led by the praetor Marcus Pomponius is set up to investigate Scipio’s role in the affair; Quintus Pleminius is arrested and sent to Rome to stand trial; After managing to save his skin, Scipio…