Note 443 — XCV (F I, 2)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
The proposal of Bibulus to send "three legates" implied a concession to the Sibylline verse, in not sending "an army." It was therefore to be voted on as two questions—(1) Shall the Sibylline verse be obeyed, and an army not sent? (2) Shall three legates be sent?