To Publius Scipio and Marcus Silanus, their present province of Spain and their present armies were assigned.

Of the eighty ships which he had with him, some taken from Italy and others captured at Carthage, Scipio was ordered to send fifty to Sardinia, in consequence of a report that great naval preparations were making at Carthage that year; and that the intention of the Carthaginians was to blockade the whole coasts of Italy, Sicily, and Sardinia with two hundred ships.

In Sicily also the following distribution was made: to Sextus Caesar the troops of Cannae were assigned; Marcus Valerius Laevinus, who was also continued in command, was to have the fleet of seventy ships which was at Sicily, adding to it the thirty ships which the preceding year were stationed at Tarentum.

With this fleet of a hundred ships he was ordered to pass over into Africa, if he thought proper, and collect booty.

Publius Sulpicius was also continued in command for a year, to hold the province of Macedonia and Greece, with the same fleet.