This fraud was first reported in 213 B.C., but the Senate had delayed action for fear of offending other suppliers, who depended on the assurances of the state against loss. Pomponius was captured by Hanno that same year. In 212, the tribunes Spurius and Lucius Carvilius proposed to fine Postumius 200,000 asses. On the day of his trial, Postumius' supporters nearly came to blows with those who had assembled to vote. Another tribune, Gaius Servilius Casca, who was a relative of Postumius, failed to intervene on his behalf, and in order to avoid an insurrection, the proceedings were halted by the consul Quintus Fulvius Flaccus.Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, xxv. 1, 3-4.
