A plague at Rome.

[Y.R.
461.

B.C.

291.] Ambassadors sent to Epidaurus, to bring from thence to Rome the statue of Aesculapius: a serpent, of itself, goes on board their ship; supposing it to be the abode of the deity, they bring it with them; and, upon its quitting their vessel, and swimming to the island in the Tiber, they consecrate there a temple to Aesculapius.

L.
Postumius, a man of consular rank, condemned for employing the soldiers under his command in working upon his farm.