superior Hannibal a Duilio consule navali proelio victus timensque classis amissae poenas dare, offensam astutia m<ire> avertit: nam ex illa infelici pugna prius quam cladis nuntius domum perveniret quendam ex amicis compositum et formatum Carthaginem misit.
An earlier Hannibal, defeated by Consul Duilius in a naval battle, was afraid he would be punished for losing his fleet and turned the resentment aside with a wonderful stroke of cleverness. Before a report of the disaster reached home from that unlucky battle, he sent one of his friends, properly set up and primed, to Carthage.
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