Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . ened. Carthage was to keepher old Phoenician dependencies, as also the Sikans,Selinous, Akragas, and the new town of Therma, asher immediate subjects. Gela and Kamarina were tobe unwalled towns, paying tribute. Thus Carthage TREATY WITH CARTHAGE. 155 got the dominion of the whole south coast and anenlarged territory on the north. On the other hand,the Sikels were to be free ; so was Messana ; andLcontinoi, with its mixed population, was to be againa separate commonwealth independent of was thus quite hemmed in with no means ofadvance in
Sicily : Phoenician, Greek, And Roman . ened. Carthage was to keepher old Phoenician dependencies, as also the Sikans,Selinous, Akragas, and the new town of Therma, asher immediate subjects. Gela and Kamarina were tobe unwalled towns, paying tribute. Thus Carthage TREATY WITH CARTHAGE. 155 got the dominion of the whole south coast and anenlarged territory on the north. On the other hand,the Sikels were to be free ; so was Messana ; andLcontinoi, with its mixed population, was to be againa separate commonwealth independent of was thus quite hemmed in with no means ofadvance in any way. But the price of all this was thatCarthage gave Dionysios a guaranty of his dominionover Syracuse, of which one would like to see theexact words. It is plain that what Dionysios wantedwas to have the support of Carthage till he hadfully established his own power at home. Then hewould cast the treaty aside, and win, for Syracuseand for himself, all that had been set free or given upto Carthage. And to a great extent he did
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