Consul Postumius gives a speech to the people to inform them on the decisions made by the senators regarding the danger of the followers of Bacchus. However, the speeches reported by Livy in his work, even if they respond to a criterion of verisimilitude, are the result of his personal elaboration. In fact, the historian imagines that a character has exposed, in a given circumstance, certain arguments, without however presuming to repeat precisely what he actually said.