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LIBRI XIV. XXXV

Cap. 70. Adversatus Theodori consiliis Pharacidas Lacedaemonius cum milite mercennario seditionem cohibet. In Poenos dira lues ingruit. 71. Morbi pestilentis in castris Poenorum atrocitas describitur. 72. Tanta clade afflictos Poenos subito terra marique adoritur Dionysius, et mercennariis, qui ipsi maxime infensi erant, caedi obiectis hostium castella expugnat navesque conquassat. 73. Poenorum classis incendium, quo naves hominesque conflagrarunt. 74. Ad classem hostium delendam Syracusis pueri et senes pontonibus advehuntur. Syracusani laetitia exsultant. 75. Imilco clam a Dionysio, magna pecunia corrupto, impetrat veniam cum civibus Carthaginiensibus in patriam redeundi; reliquus exercitus captus et caesus est. 76. Hanc fortunae subitam mutationem convertit historicus ad demonstrandam superbiae et impietatis divinam ultionem. Imilco summa ignominia et miseria afflictus vitam inedia finit. 77. Finito cum Syracusanis bello in Libya ipsa a sociis exitiosum in Carthaginienses bellum movetur. Carthaginienses deorum numina placanda curant novaque sacra Graecorum ritu instituunt. Tandem rebelles, vel commeatus penuria pressi vel pecunia corrupti, in patrias terras dilabuntur. 78. Dionysius suos mercennarios Leontinorum urbe remuneratus novos dominationis suae custodes conducit; Messanam deducit aliunde incolas; Messeniis, qui e Graecia effugerant, concedit agrum, ubi Tyndaridem condunt; multas Siciliae urbes aut in deditionem aut in amicitiam accipit. 79. Agesilaus traiectis Ephesum copiis Persarum provincias populatur; impetrat a rege Aegyptiorum navalis belli auxilia et frumentum. Pharax classi Lacedaemoniorum, Conon Persicae classi praefecti. Rhodii deficiunt ad Persas, missumque ab Aegyptiis frumentum intercipiunt. 80. Agesilaus proelio in campis ad Caystrum commisso Tissaphernem fundit. Rex Artaxerxes Tissaphernem

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BOOK XIV. XXXV

Ch. 70. Pharacidas the Lacedaemonian, opposing the plans of Theodorus with his mercenary soldiers, quells the sedition. A dreadful plague descends upon the Phoenicians. 71. The atrocity of the pestilential disease in the camp of the Phoenicians is described. 72. Afflicted by such a great disaster, the Phoenicians are suddenly attacked by Dionysius by land and sea; and with the mercenaries, who were especially hostile to him, exposed to slaughter, he storms the enemy's strongholds and shatters their ships. 73. A conflagration of the Phoenician fleet, in which ships and men were burned. 74. To destroy the enemy fleet, boys and old men are brought from Syracuse on pontoon boats. The Syracusans exult with joy. 75. Himilco, secretly corrupting Dionysius with a large sum of money, obtains permission to return to his country with the Carthaginian citizens; the rest of the army was captured and slain. 76. The historian turns this sudden reversal of fortune to demonstrate divine vengeance on pride and impiety. Himilco, afflicted with the utmost disgrace and misery, ends his life by starvation. 77. The war with the Syracusans having ended, a ruinous war is stirred up against the Carthaginians in Libya itself by their allies. The Carthaginians take care to appease the divine powers and institute new rites in the Greek manner. Finally the rebels, either pressed by scarcity of supplies or corrupted by money, disperse to their native lands. 78. Dionysius, rewarding his mercenaries with the city of the Leontines, hires new guards for his dominion; he leads inhabitants from elsewhere to settle Messana; to the Messenians who had escaped from Greece, he grants territory where they found Tyndaris; he receives many cities of Sicily either into surrender or into friendship. 79. Agesilaus, having crossed his forces to Ephesus, ravages the provinces of the Persians; he obtains from the king of the Egyptians aid for naval war and grain. Pharax is prefect of the Lacedaemonian fleet, Conon of the Persian fleet. The Rhodians defect to the Persians and intercept the grain sent by the Egyptians. 80. Agesilaus, having joined battle on the plains near the Cayster, routs Tissaphernes. King Artaxerxes orders Tissaphernes