His longo mitis placide dominator in aevo praefuerat terris Hieron, tractare sereno imperio vulgum pollens et pectora nullo parentum exagitare metu, pactamque per aras haud facilis temerare fidem, socialia iura Ausoniis multos servarat casta per annos.
During a long life a kindly rulerc had governed the island with gentle sway. Hiero had power to rule his people in peace, and harassed his subjects with no terrors; he was slow to violate a pledge sanctioned by oath, and had for many years kept unstained the tie of alliance with Rome.
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