The closing of the lustrum was later than usual, because the censors sent persons through the provinces, that a report might be made of the number of Roman citizens in each of the armies.

Including these, the number of persons returned in the census was two hundred and fourteen thousand.

Caius Claudius Nero closed the lustrum.

They then received a census of the twelve colonies, which had never been done before, the censors of the colonies themselves presenting it, in order that there might appear registers among the public records, stating the extent of their resources, both in respect of furnishing soldiers and money.

The review of the knights then began to be made, and it happened that both the censors had a horse at the public expense.