. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . J >. SECOND PUNIC WAR Roman Preparations All through the spring and summer of that year the Romanshad been making their preparations, in a leisurely and delibe-rate manner, thinking that they could choose their own timeand place to meet and crush Hannibal. One of the consuls,Tiberius Sempronius, was ordered to proceed to Sicily, wherehe was to fix his headquarters at lyilybaeum and watch foran opportunity of carrying the war into Africa. His colleaguePublius Cornelius Scipio, was appo
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . J >. SECOND PUNIC WAR Roman Preparations All through the spring and summer of that year the Romanshad been making their preparations, in a leisurely and delibe-rate manner, thinking that they could choose their own timeand place to meet and crush Hannibal. One of the consuls,Tiberius Sempronius, was ordered to proceed to Sicily, wherehe was to fix his headquarters at lyilybaeum and watch foran opportunity of carrying the war into Africa. His colleaguePublius Cornelius Scipio, was appointed to take the commandin Spain. Sempronius was the first to complete his levies,and he started for his province with a fleet of a hundred andsixty quinqueremes and a full consular army. But Scipiosdeparture was delayed by a rising among the Insubres andBoii, who had attacked the Roman colonists at Cremona andPlacentia and compelled them to seek safety behind the wallsof Mutina. The praetor, Manlius, who was commanding inthat district marched to their relief, but he was defeated andchased into Tanetum, a tow
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