Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 40
Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. and Alfred C. Schlesinger, Ph.D., Ed.

45. [14] [13] [12] [11] [10] [9] The winter that year was cruel on account of snow and every kind of storm: it had completely blasted the trees which are affected by cold; and it lasted much longer than in other years. [2] And so a darkness which came on suddenly and a violent tempest broke up the Latin festival on the mountain,¹ and the festival was repeated by decree of the pontiff. [3] The same storm also overthrew a number of statues on the Capitoline and disfigured many places with strokes of lightning —the temple of Jupiter at Tarracina, the [p. 143]“White Temple”² and the Porta Romana at Capua,³ where the parapets of the wall were thrown down in many places. [4] Along with the other prodigies it was reported from Reate that a mule with three feet had been born.⁴ [5] On account of them the decemvirs, when ordered to consult the Books, issued a proclamation stating to which gods and with how many victims sacrifice should be offered, and directing that supplication should be offered for one day. [6] Then the games which had been vowed by the consul Quintus Fulvius were held through ten days with great splendour.

[15] Next the election of censors was held: the successful candidates were Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, the pontifex maximus, and Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, who had triumphed over the Aetolians. [7] Between these distinguished men there was a feud, exhibited on many occasions, both in the senate and before the assembly, by numerous bitter quarrels. [8] When the election was over the censors, as the custom was from olden times, took their seats on curule chairs by the altar of Mars in the Campus; thither suddenly came the chiefs of the senators, accompanied by a throng of citizens, and one of them, Quintus Caecilius Metellus,⁵ spoke thus: