_Hannibal, after an uninterrupted march of four days and three nights, arrives in Etruria, through the marshes, in which he lost an eye.

Caius Flaminius, the consul, an inconsiderate man, having gone forth in opposition to the omens, dug up the standards which could not otherwise be raised, and been thrown from his horse immediately after he had mounted, is insnared by Hannibal, and cut off by his army near the Thrasimene lake.

Three thousand who had escaped are placed in chains by Hannibal, in violation of pledges given.

Distress occasioned in Rome by the intelligence.

The Sibylline books consulted, and a sacred spring decreed.