11. A SYRACUSAN, who, during the dissensions among his
fellow-citizens, in the time of the second Punic war, as to whether they were to join the
Carthaginians or the Romans, insisted upon the necessity of acting with decision either the
one or the other way, as division on this point would lead to inevitable ruin. At the same
time, he suggested that it would be advantageous to remain faithful to the Romans. (