Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . ind little to blame in himafter; he did the best that could be done in a badtime. He next led another army into the Mamertincterritory ; he defeated the freebooters in a battle bythe river Longanos near Mylai, and pressed them veryhard. It was thought that he miglit have takenMessana except for Punic jealousy. Syracuse andCarthage were allied against the Mamertines, butCarthage, aiming at the dominion of all Sicily,did not wish Messana to fall into Syracusan the Mamertines were now shut up in Messana 274 THE RISE OF HIERON. and shorn of their p
Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . ind little to blame in himafter; he did the best that could be done in a badtime. He next led another army into the Mamertincterritory ; he defeated the freebooters in a battle bythe river Longanos near Mylai, and pressed them veryhard. It was thought that he miglit have takenMessana except for Punic jealousy. Syracuse andCarthage were allied against the Mamertines, butCarthage, aiming at the dominion of all Sicily,did not wish Messana to fall into Syracusan the Mamertines were now shut up in Messana 274 THE RISE OF HIERON. and shorn of their power of doing mischief. In thegeneral joy at this great success, Hieron, when hecame home was chosen King of the Syracusans andtheir AlHes. There was thus one more chance for Greek Sicily,under a Greek king, a Sicilian king. But it was toolate ; if Agathokles had been such a man as Hieroninstead of what he was, things might have beenotherwise. Hieron did what he could ; but all thathe could do was to secure well-being, but not
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