 There were suspicions that their representatives would not allow charges against 'men of rank and influence'.These were heightened when Lucius Canuleius Dives abandoned the investigation and left for his province suddenly.The senate granted the request of the Hispanics that no Roman official was to be allowed to set the price of grain or force the locals to sell there 5% quota at the price he wished and that no officers could be placed over the towns to collect money.