 The praetors "Appius Claudius Nero" and "Publius Manlius" were given Hispania Ulterior and Citerior respectively and the latter was to be an assistant to the consul.They were allowed to levy 2,000 infantry and 200 cavalry each to add to the legion each of their predecessors had in Hispania.A dispatch arrived from Quintus Minucius Thermus, the praetor in Hispania Citerior, announcing that he had defeated the enemy commanders "Budar" and "Baesadines" near the city of Turda, that the former had been captured and that the enemy had lost 12,000 men.