Still it was in a high degree inconvenient.

The times had gone by, when they without hesitation carried on simultaneously an Italian and a transmarine war, the state-chest was already after two years of warfare utterly exhausted, and the formation of a new army in addition to that already in the field seemed scarcely practicable.

But they resorted to such expedients as they could.

The sale of the sites that had from ancient times( 19) remained unoccupied on and near the citadel to persons desirous of building, which yielded 9000 pounds of gold (360,000 pounds), furnished the requisite pecuniary means.

No new army was formed, but that which was under Sulla in Campania was destined to embark for Asia, as soon as the state of things in southern Italy should allow its departure; which might be expected, from the progress of the army operating in the north under Strabo, to happen soon.
Third Campaign Capture of Venusia Fall of Silo So the third campaign in 666 began amidst favourable prospects for Rome.