<w lemma="%2A%29ami%2Flkas">Ἀμίλκας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="dusxrhstou%2Fmenos">δυσχρηστούμενος</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="a%29ponoi%2Fa%7C">ἀπονοίᾳ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fannwna">Ἄννωνα</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="e%28auto%5Cn">ἑαυτὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29ka%2Flei">ἐκάλει</w>, <w lemma="pepeisme%2Fnos">πεπεισμένος</w> <w lemma="a%28qroisqe%2Fntwn">ἁθροισθέντων</w> <w lemma="o%28mou%3D">ὁμοῦ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="stratope%2Fdwn">στρατοπέδων</w> <w lemma="qa%3Dtton">θᾶττον</w> <w lemma="e%29piqh%2Fsein">ἐπιθήσειν</w> <w lemma="te%2Flos">τέλος</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Flois">ὅλοις</w>.
<w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="polemi%2Fwn">πολεμίων</w> <w lemma="ou%28%2Fs">οὕς</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="krath%2Fseie">κρατήσειε</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="xeirw%3Dn">χειρῶν</w> <w lemma="no%2Fmw%7C">νόμῳ</w> <w lemma="die%2Ffqeiren">διέφθειρεν</w>, <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="zwgri%2Fa%7C">ζωγρίᾳ</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5Cn">αὐτὸν</w> <w lemma="ei%29sanaxqe%2Fntas">εἰσαναχθέντας</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%2Fballe">ὑπέβαλλε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="qhri%2Fois">θηρίοις</w>, <w lemma="mi%2Fan">μίαν</w> <w lemma="o%28rw%3Dn">ὁρῶν</w> <w lemma="lu%2Fsin">λύσιν</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fthn">ταύτην</w>, <w lemma="ei%29">εἰ</w> <w lemma="dunhqei%2Fh">δυνηθείη</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="e%29xqrou%5Cs">ἐχθροὺς</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Frdhn">ἄρδην</w> <w lemma="a%29fani%2Fsai">ἀφανίσαι</w>.
<w lemma="dokou%2Fntwn">δοκούντων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="e%29pikudeste%2Fras">ἐπικυδεστέρας</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxein">ἔχειν</w> <w lemma="h%29%2Fdh">ἤδη</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w>, <w lemma="gi%2Fnetai%2F">γίνεταί</w> <w lemma="tis">τις</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerh%5Cs">ὁλοσχερὴς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="para%2Fdocos">παράδοξος</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="pali%2Frroia">παλίρροια</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pragma%2Ftwn">πραγμάτων</w>.
<w lemma="oi%28%2F">οἵ</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="strathgoi%5C">στρατηγοὶ</w> <w lemma="sunelqo%2Fntes">συνελθόντες</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tau%29to%5C">ταὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="diestasi%2Fasan">διεστασίασαν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="sfa%3Ds">σφᾶς</w> <w lemma="e%29pi%5C">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="tosou%3Dton">τοσοῦτον</w> <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="mh%5C">μὴ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29xqrw%3Dn">ἐχθρῶν</w> <w lemma="paralei%2Fpein">παραλείπειν</w> <w lemma="kairou%2Fs">καιρούς</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="sfw%3Dn">σφῶν</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3Dn">αὐτῶν</w> <w lemma="polla%5Cs">πολλὰς</w> <w lemma="a%29forma%5Cs">ἀφορμὰς</w> <w lemma="dido%2Fnai">διδόναι</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fois">ὑπεναντίοις</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous">ἀλλήλους</w> <w lemma="filoniki%2Fan">φιλονικίαν</w>.
<w lemma="a%28%5C">ἃ</w> <w lemma="dh%5C">δὴ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fntes">συνέντες</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fnioi">Καρχηδόνιοι</w> <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="e%28ni%5C">ἑνὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29palla%2Fttesqai">ἀπαλλάττεσθαι</w> <w lemma="prose%2Ftacan">προσέταξαν</w>, <w lemma="tw%3D%7C">τῷ</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28te%2Frw%7C">ἑτέρῳ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fnein">μένειν</w>, <w lemma="o%28%5Cn">ὃν</w> <w lemma="a%29%5Cn">ἂν</w> <w lemma="ai%28">αἱ</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="prokri%2Fnwsin">προκρίνωσιν</w>.
<w lemma="a%28%2Fma">ἅμα</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="parakomizome%2Fnas">παρακομιζομένας</w> <w lemma="a%29gora%5Cs">ἀγορὰς</w> <w lemma="e%29k">ἐκ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="kaloume%2Fnwn">καλουμένων</w> <w lemma="%2A%29empori%2Fwn">Ἐμπορίων</w>, <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="ai%28%3Ds">αἷς</w> <w lemma="ei%29%3Dxon">εἶχον</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fstas">μεγίστας</w> <w lemma="e%29lpi%2Fdas">ἐλπίδας</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="trofh%3Ds">τροφῆς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29%2Fllwn">ἄλλων</w> <w lemma="e%29pithdei%2Fwn">ἐπιτηδείων</w>, <w lemma="diafqarh%3Dnai">διαφθαρῆναι</w> <w lemma="sune%2Fbh">συνέβη</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Flattan">θάλατταν</w> <w lemma="o%28losxerw%3Ds">ὁλοσχερῶς</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="xeimw%3Dnos">χειμῶνος</w>.
<w lemma="ta%5C">τὰ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Asardo%2Fna">Σαρδόνα</w>, <w lemma="kaqa%2Fper">καθάπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29pa%2Fnw">ἐπάνω</w> <w lemma="proei%3Dpon">προεῖπον</w>, <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxanen">ἐτύγχανεν</w> <w lemma="a%29phllotriwme%2Fna">ἀπηλλοτριωμένα</w>, <w lemma="mega%2Flas">μεγάλας</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="ai%29ei%2F">αἰεί</w> <w lemma="pote">ποτε</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fas">χρείας</w> <w lemma="parexome%2Fnhs">παρεχομένης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="nh%2Fsou">νήσου</w> <w lemma="tau%2Fths">ταύτης</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="perista%2Fseis">περιστάσεις</w>.
<w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="me%2Fgiston">μέγιστον</w>, <w lemma="h%28">ἡ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28ippakritw%3Dn">Ἱππακριτῶν</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29itukai%2Fwn">Ἰτυκαίων</w> <w lemma="a%29pe%2Fsth">ἀπέστη</w> <w lemma="po%2Flis">πόλις</w>, <w lemma="ai%28%2Ftines">αἵτινες</w> <w lemma="e%29tu%2Fgxanon">ἐτύγχανον</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnai">μόναι</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Alibu%2Fhn">Λιβύην</w> <w lemma="ou%29">οὐ</w> <w lemma="mo%2Fnon">μόνον</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="e%29nestw%3Dta">ἐνεστῶτα</w> <w lemma="po%2Flemon">πόλεμον</w> <w lemma="a%29nadedegme%2Fnai">ἀναδεδεγμέναι</w> <w lemma="gennai%2Fws">γενναίως</w>, <w lemma="a%29lla%5C">ἀλλὰ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="kat%27">κατ᾽</w> <w lemma="%2A%29agaqokle%2Fa">Ἀγαθοκλέα</w> <w lemma="kairou%5Cs">καιροὺς</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%2Fwn">Ῥωμαίων</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Ffodon">ἔφοδον</w> <w lemma="eu%29genw%3Ds">εὐγενῶς</w> <w lemma="u%28pomemenhkui%3Dai">ὑπομεμενηκυῖαι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="sullh%2Fbdhn">συλλήβδην</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%2Fpote">οὐδέποτε</w> <w lemma="bebouleume%2Fnai">βεβουλευμέναι</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5Cn">οὐδὲν</w> <w lemma="u%28penanti%2Fon">ὑπεναντίον</w>.
<w lemma="to%2Fte">τότε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="xwri%5Cs">χωρὶς</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="a%29lo%2Fgou">ἀλόγου</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbuas">Λίβυας</w> <w lemma="a%29posta%2Fsews">ἀποστάσεως</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="dia%5C">διὰ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="metaqe%2Fsews">μεταθέσεως</w> <w lemma="eu%29qe%2Fws">εὐθέως</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftois">τούτοις</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="oi%29keio%2Fthta">οἰκειότητα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="pi%2Fstin">πίστιν</w> <w lemma="e%29napedei%2Fcanto">ἐναπεδείξαντο</w>, <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fous">Καρχηδονίους</w> <w lemma="a%29parai%2Fthton">ἀπαραίτητον</w> <w lemma="o%29rgh%5Cn">ὀργὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29nesth%2Fsanto">ἐνεστήσαντο</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="mi%3Dsos">μῖσος</w>.
<w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="parabebohqhko%2Ftas">παραβεβοηθηκότας</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="par%27">παρ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29kei%2Fnwn">ἐκείνων</w>, <w lemma="o%29%2Fntas">ὄντας</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="pentakosi%2Fous">πεντακοσίους</w>, <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="h%28gemo%2Fna">ἡγεμόνα</w> <w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="a%29poktei%2Fnantes">ἀποκτείναντες</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Fpantas">ἅπαντας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Frriyan">ἔρριψαν</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="tei%2Fxous">τείχους</w>, <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="po%2Flin">πόλιν</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frisan">ἐνεχείρισαν</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="%2Ali%2Fbusi:">Λίβυσι·</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="ge">γε</w> <w lemma="mh%5Cn">μὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fois">Καρχηδονίοις</w> <w lemma="ou%29de%5C">οὐδὲ</w> <w lemma="qa%2Fyai">θάψαι</w> <w lemma="sunexw%2Frhsan">συνεχώρησαν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="h%29tuxhko%2Ftas">ἠτυχηκότας</w> <w lemma="ai%29toume%2Fnois">αἰτουμένοις</w>.
<w lemma="tou%2Ftwn">τούτων</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="sumbaino%2Fntwn">συμβαινόντων</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fqw">Μάθω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aspe%2Fndion">Σπένδιον</w> <w lemma="e%29parqe%2Fntes">ἐπαρθέντες</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="sumbebhko%2Fsin">συμβεβηκόσιν</w> <w lemma="poliorkei%3Dn">πολιορκεῖν</w> <w lemma="e%29nexei%2Frhsan">ἐνεχείρησαν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdo%2Fna">Καρχηδόνα</w>.
<w lemma="%2Aba%2Frkas">Βάρκας</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="paralabw%5Cn">παραλαβὼν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29anni%2Fban">Ἀννίβαν</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="strathgo%2Fn:">στρατηγόν·</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dton">τοῦτον</w> <w lemma="ga%5Cr">γὰρ</w> <w lemma="e%29cape%2Fsteilan">ἐξαπέστειλαν</w> <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="poli%3Dtai">πολῖται</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w>, <w lemma="e%29pei%5C">ἐπεὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29%2Fannwna">Ἄννωνα</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="strato%2Fpedon">στρατόπεδον</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fkrine">ἔκρινε</w> <w lemma="dei%3Dn">δεῖν</w> <w lemma="a%29palla%2Fttesqai">ἀπαλλάττεσθαι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="u%28po%5C">ὑπὸ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="%2Akarxhdoni%2Fwn">Καρχηδονίων</w> <w lemma="au%29toi%3Ds">αὐτοῖς</w> <w lemma="doqei%3Dsan">δοθεῖσαν</w> <w lemma="e%29pitroph%5Cn">ἐπιτροπὴν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="genome%2Fnas">γενομένας</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="strathgw%3Dn">στρατηγῶν</w> <w lemma="sta%2Fseis">στάσεις</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="a%29llh%2Flous:">ἀλλήλους·</w>
<w lemma="dio%2Fper">διόπερ</w> <w lemma="%2A%29ami%2Flkas">Ἀμίλκας</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fxwn">ἔχων</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dto%2Fn">τοῦτόν</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Anarau%2Fan">Ναραύαν</w> <w lemma="e%29ph%2F%7Cei">ἐπῄει</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="xw%2Fran">χώραν</w>, <w lemma="diaklei%2Fwn">διακλείων</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="xorhgi%2Fas">χορηγίας</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="to%5Cn">τὸν</w> <w lemma="%2Ama%2Fqw">Μάθω</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aspe%2Fndion">Σπένδιον</w>, <w lemma="megi%2Fsthn">μεγίστην</w> <w lemma="au%29tw%3D%7C">αὐτῷ</w> <w lemma="parexome%2Fnou">παρεχομένου</w> <w lemma="xrei%2Fan">χρείαν</w> <w lemma="peri%2F">περί</w> <w lemma="te">τε</w> <w lemma="tau%3Dta">ταῦτα</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%29%2Flla">τἄλλα</w> <w lemma="%2Anarau%2Fa">Ναραύα</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Anoma%2Fdos">Νομάδος</w>.
<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2Ata%5C">Τὰ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="ou%29%3Dn">οὖν</w> <w lemma="peri%5C">περὶ</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="u%28pai%2Fqrous">ὑπαίθρους</w> <w lemma="duna%2Fmeis">δυνάμεις</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w>
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<head>Revolt of Hippo Zarytus and Utica</head>Alarmed by the recklessness displayed by the enemy,<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note193">Quarrels of Hanno and Hamilcar.</note>Hamilcar summoned Hanno to join him, being convinced that a consolidation of the two armies would give him the best chance of putting an end to the whole war. Such of the enemy as he took in the field he put to execution on the spot, while those who were made prisoners and brought to him he threw to the elephants to be trampled to death; for he now made up his mind that the only possibility of finishing the war was to entirely destroy the enemy. But just as the Carthaginians were beginning to entertain brighter hopes in regard to the war, a reverse as complete as it was unexpected brought their fortunes to the lowest ebb. For these two generals, when they had joined forces, quarrelled so bitterly with each other, that they not only omitted to take advantage of chances against the enemy, but by their mutual animosity gave the enemy many opportunities against themselves. Finding this to be the case, the Carthaginian government sent out instructions that one of the generals was to retire, the other to remain, and that the army itself was to decide which of them it should be. This was one cause of the reverse in the fortunes of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> at this time. Another, which was almost contemporaneous, was this. Their chief hope of furnishing the army with provisions and other necessaries rested upon the supplies that were being brought from a place to which they give the<pb n="92" />name of Emporiae: but as these supplies were on their way, they were overtaken by a storm at sea and entirely destroyed.<note anchored="yes" place="marg" id="note194">Revolt of Hippo Zarytus and Utica.</note>This was all the more fatal because <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Sardinia&groupId=947&placeId=1685">Sardinia</a> was lost to them at the time, as we have seen, and that island had always been of the greatest service to them in difficulties of this sort. But the worst blow of all was the revolt of the cities of Hippo Zarytus and Utica, the only cities in all <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Libya&groupId=686&placeId=427">Libya</a> that had been faithful to them, not only in the present war, but also at the time of the invasion of Agathocles, as well as that of the Romans. To both these latter they had offered a gallant resistance; and, in short, had never at any time adopted any policy hostile to <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a>. But now they were not satisfied with simply revolting to the Libyans, without any reason to allege for their conduct. With all the bitterness of turncoats, they suddenly paraded an ostentatious friendship and fidelity to them, and gave practical expression to implacable rage and hatred towards the Carthaginians. They killed every man of the force which had come from <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> to their aid, as well as its commander, and threw the bodies from the wall. They surrendered their town to the Libyans, while they even refused the request of the Carthaginians to be allowed to bury the corpses of their unfortunate soldiers, Mathōs and Spendius were so elated by these events that they were emboldened to attempt <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Carthage&groupId=441&placeId=820">Carthage</a> itself. But Barcas had now got Hannibal as his coadjutor, who had been sent by the citizens to the army in the place of Hanno,—recalled in accordance with the sentence of the army, which the government had left to their discretion in reference to the disputes that arose between the two generals. Accompanied, therefore, by this Hannibal and by Narávas, Hamilcar scoured the country to intercept the supplies of Mathōs and Spendius, receiving his most efficient support in this, as in other things; from the Numidian Narávas.
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