§14.96.1Μάγων δʼ ἐν πολεμίᾳ χώρᾳ στρατοπεδεύων, καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐνδεὴς ἀεὶ μᾶλλον γινόμενος, οὐ μετρίως ἠλαττοῦτο· καὶ γὰρ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἄγυριν τῆς χώρας ἔμπειροι καθεστῶτες ἐν ταῖς ἐνέδραις ἐπλεονέκτουν καὶ τὰς ἀγορὰς τῶν πολεμίων ἀφῃροῦντο.
Meanwhile Magon, encamping in hostile territory and becoming increasingly in want of necessities, suffered no small disadvantage; for those around Agyris, being familiar with the country, held the upper hand in ambushes and cut off the enemy's supplies.
§14.96.2λεγόντων δὲ τῶν Συρακοσίων διὰ μάχης κρίνειν ὡς τάχιστα τὰ πράγματα, Διονύσιος ἠναντιοῦτο λέγων χωρὶς κινδύνων τῷ χρόνῳ καὶ τῇ σπάνει καταφθαρήσεσθαι τοὺς βαρβάρους· ἐφʼ οἷς παροργισθέντες οἱ Συρακόσιοι κατέλιπον τὸν Διονύσιον.
When the Syracusans urged to decide the issue as quickly as possible by battle, Dionysius opposed them, saying that without danger the barbarians would be worn down by time and scarcity; at this the Syracusans, being angered, abandoned Dionysius.
§14.96.3ὁ δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐλαβούμενος ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίαν ἐκάλει τοὺς οἰκέτας, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα διαπρεσβευσαμένων τῶν Καρχηδονίων ὑπὲρ εἰρήνης ὑπακούσας ἀναπομπίμους τοῖς κυρίοις ἐποίησε, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς Καρχηδονίους εἰρήνην ἐποιήσατο.
He at first, being apprehensive, called the household slaves to freedom, but after this, when the Carthaginians sent envoys to treat for peace, he listened to them, sent the slaves back to their masters, and made peace with the Carthaginians.
§14.96.4ἦσαν δʼ αἱ συνθῆκαι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα παραπλήσιαι ταῖς πρότερον, Σικελοὺς δὲ δεῖν ὑπὸ Διονύσιον τετάχθαι καὶ παραλαβεῖν αὐτὸν τὸ Ταυρομένιον.
The terms of the treaty were in other respects similar to the previous ones, but with the conditions that the Sicels should be subject to Dionysius and that he should take over Tauromenium.
μετὰ δὲ τὰς συνθήκας Μάγων μὲν ἀπέπλευσε, Διονύσιος δὲ παραλαβὼν τὸ Ταυρομένιον τοὺς μὲν πλείστους τῶν ἐκεῖ Σικελῶν ἐξέβαλεν, τῶν δʼ ἰδίων μισθοφόρων τοὺς ἐπιτηδειοτάτους ἐπιλέξας κατῴκισεν.
After the treaty, Magon sailed away, and Dionysius, having taken over Tauromenium, expelled most of the Sicels who were there, and having selected the most suitable of his own mercenaries, settled them there.
§14.96.5καὶ τὰ μὲν κατὰ Σικελίαν ἐν τούτοις ἦν, κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἰταλίαν Ῥωμαῖοι Φαλίσκον πόλιν ἐκ τοῦ Φαλίσκων ἔθνους ἐξεπόρθησαν.
And while the affairs of Sicily were in this state, in Italy the Romans plundered the city of Faliscus from the nation of the Faliscans.