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Contents of the Sixteenth Book of Diodorus
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The battle yielded a great store of wealth also, because the Carthaginians had with
them an abundance of silver and gold drinking vessels; these, as well as the rest of the
personal property which was very numerous because of the wealth of the Carthaginians, Timoleon
allowed the soldiers to keep as rewards for their gallantry.1
[2]
For their part, the Carthaginians who escaped from the battle
made their way with difficulty to safety at Lilybaeum. Such consternation and terror possessed
them that they did not dare embark in their ships and sail to Libya, persuaded that they would
be swallowed up by the Libyan Sea because their gods had forsaken them.
[3]
In Carthage itself, when news of the
extent of the disaster had come, all were crushed in spirit and took it for granted that
Timoleon would come against them directly with his army. They wasted no time in recalling from
exile Gisco2 the son of Hanno and appointing him general, for they thought that he best
combined the qualities of boldness and military skill.
[4]
They
voted not to risk the lives of citizens in the future but to enlist foreign mercenaries,
especially Greeks3 who, they thought, would answer the call in large numbers because of the
high rate of pay and the wealth of Carthage; and they sent skilled envoys to Sicily with
instructions to make peace on whatever terms proved possible.
1 Plut. Timoleon 30.1 states only that Timoleon allowed his mercenaries to plunder the territory of the Carthaginians (cp. chap. 73.1).
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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