Propter eandem cladem senatus Otacilio, qui Siciliam, Cornelio Mammulae, qui Sardiniam pro praetoribus obtinebant, querentibus quod neque stipendium neque frumentum classibus eorum et exercitibus socii praeberent, adfirmantibus etiam ne habere quidem eos unde id praestare possent, rescripsit aerarium longinquis impensis non sufficere: proinde quo pacto tantae inopiae succurrendum esset ipsi viderent.
On account of the same disaster the senate gave their reply to Otacilius and Cornelius Mammula, respectively governing Sicily and Sardinia as Propraetors, who had complained that the allies were not furnishing pay and grain for their fleets and armies and affirmed that they did not even have the wherewithal so to provide. The senate wrote in reply that the treasury could not cover distant expenses; they must decide for themselves how to cope with so large a deficit.
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