Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Once the Roman Senate resumed their consular elections in 216 BC , they appointed Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus as consuls .
Simplified: The Roman Senate resumed their Consular elections in 216 . They chose Caius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus as Consuls .