Ab urbe condita
Titus Livius (Livy)
Livy. History of Rome, Volumes 1-2. Roberts, Canon, Rev, translator. London, New York: J. M. Dent and Sons; E. P. Dutton and Co., 1912.
When the elections were over, the previous consuls received a six months' extension of their command and were ordered to prosecute the war in Samnium.