Hierauf beschloß er, Fürst zu werden und die Macht, die ihm eingeräumt war, mit Gewalt an sich zu halten, ohne dem guten Willen weiter etwas zu verdanken.
Being established in that position, and having deliberately resolved to make himself prince and to seize by violence, without obligation to others, that which had been conceded to him by assent, he came to an understanding for this purpose with Amilcar, the Carthaginian, who, with his army, was fighting in Sicily.