Agathocles autem Syracusarum rex audaciter callidus: cum enim urbem eius maiore ex parte Carthaginienses occupassent, exercitum suum in Africam traiecit ut metum metu, vim vi discuteret, nec sine effectu: nam repentino eius adventu perculsi Poeni libenter incolumitatem suam salute hostium redemerunt, pactique sunt ut eodem tempore et Africa Siculis et Sicilia Punicis armis liberaretur.
Agathocles, king of Syracuse, was adventurously cunning. When the Carthaginians had captured the greater part of his city, he took his army over to Africa, in order to dissipate fear by fear and force by force; and not without effect. Shocked by his sudden arrival, the Carthaginians gladly bought their own safety at the price of their enemies and agreed that Africa should be freed from Sicilian arms and Sicily from Carthaginian simultaneously.
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