altera curarum Libycis dimittitur oris heu Decius, reduci lentas servatus ad iras, ni poenae iuvenem indignae miseratus ab alto Iupiter antiquam Batti vertisset ad urbem.
Another of Hannibals cares was Decius; he, alas, was sent to the Libyan land, to be kept till the general returned and could inflict punishment at leisure. But Jupiter on high had pity on the innocent sufferer, and turned his course aside to the ancient city of Battus.
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