Itaque minus miror apud trucem et saevum animum Hannibalis defensionis locum innoxio gubernatori non fuisse, quem a Petelia classe Africam repetens freto appulsus, dum tam parvo spatio Italiam Siciliamque inter se divisas non credit, velut insidiosum cursus rectorem interemit, posteaque diligentius inspecta veritate tunc absolvit, cum eius innocentiae nihil ultra sepulcri honorem dari potuit.
So I am the less surprised that the savage, pitiless heart of Hannibal gave a harmless steersman no chance to defend himself. Sailing in a fleet from Petelia to Africa, he put into the Strait. Not believing that Italy and Sicily were divided by so small a space, he accused the navigator of treachery and put him to death. Afterwards on more careful inspection of the truth he acquitted him, when his innocence could be granted nothing except the honour of burial.
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