lentando fervida bella dictator cum multa adeo, tum miles egenus cunctarum ut rerum Tyrius foret, arte sedendi egerat; et, quamquam finis pugnaque manuque hauddum partus erat, iam bello vicerat hostem.
By skilful inaction and by slackening the pace of war, the Dictator had effected much; and, above all, he had deprived the Tyrian army of all supplies; and, though a fight to a finish was still in the future, he was already the master of the foe.
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