Quam deinde se prudenter in rege Masinissa gessit! nam cum promptissima et fidelissima eius opera adversus Carthaginienses usus esset, eumque in dilatando regno avidiorem cerneret, legem ferri iussit qua Masinissae ab imperio populi Romani solutam libertatem tribueret.
And then how shrewdly it conducted itself with regard to king Masinissa! It had used his very ready and loyal service against the Carthaginians, and seeing him somewhat greedy in expanding his kingdom, it ordered that a law be enacted giving Masinissa freedom independent of the Roman peoples authority.
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