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The Romans in Sicily
I shall adopt as the starting-point of this book the
first occasion on which the Romans crossed
B. C. 264-261. I begin my preliminary account in the 129th Olympiad, and with the circumstances which took the Romans to Sicily.
the sea from Italy. This is just where the
History of Timaeus left off; and it falls Sicily.
the sea from Italy. This is just where the
History of Timaeus left off; and it falls in the
129th Olympiad. I shall accordingly have
to describe what the state of their affairs in
Italy was, how long that settlement had lasted,
and on what resources they reckoned, when
they resolved to invade Sicily. For this was
the first place outside Italy in which they set foot. The
precise cause of their thus crossing I must Sicily. For this was
the first place outside Italy in which they set foot. The
precise cause of their thus crossing I must state without
comment; for if I let one cause lead me back to another, my
point of departure will always elude my grasp, and I shall
never arrive at the view of my subject which I wish to present. As to dates, then, I must fix on some era agreed
upon and recognised by all: and as to events, one that admits of distinctly separate t
King Hiero and Rome
When news came to Rome of the successes of Appius
B. C. 264.
and his legions, the people elected Manius
Otacilius and Manius Valerius Consuls, and
despatched their whole army to Sicily, and both Consuls in
command. (Continuing from chap. xii.), B. C. 263, Manius Valerius Maximus, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Now the Romans have in all, as
distinct from allies, four legions of Roman
citizens, which they enrol every year, each of
which consists of four thousand infantry and
three hundred cavalry: and on their arrival most
of the cities revolted from Syracuse as well as
from Carthage, and joined the Romans. Coss. The Consuls with four legions are sent to Sicily. A general move of the Sicilian cities to join them. Hiero submits. And
when he saw the terror and dismay of the
Sicilians, and compared with them the number
and crushing strength of the legions of Rome,
Hiero began, from a review of all these points, to
conclude that the prospects of the Romans were
brighter tha