Sed pariter cum capta Thala legati ex oppido Lepti ad Metellum venerant, orantes uti praesidium praefectumque eo mitteret: Hamilcarem quendam, hominem nobilem, factiosum, novis rebus studere, advorsum quem neque imperia magistratuum neque leges valerent.
Now just when Thala was being captured, envoys had come to Metellus from the town of Leptis, begging him to send them a garrison and a prefect: one Hamilcar, they said, a high-ranking man given to intrigue, was aiming at a revolution, and against him neither the magistrates orders nor the laws could prevail;
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