Nec minus animosus minusve prosperus illius in Africam transitus, in quam ex Sicilia exercitum senatu vetante transduxit, quia nisi plus in ea re suo quam patrum conscriptorum consilio credidisset, secundi Punici belli finis inventus non esset.
Nor was his crossing to Africa less spirited or less fortunate. He transported his army from Sicily there against the senates orders, because if he had not trusted his own judgment in the matter rather than that of the Conscript Fathers, no end to the Second Punic War would have been found.
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