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A confirmat. cflemus,& alios alicjuot hmd mdoftos nobjfcÜ có opinionis 

 indiixerancjvt Hmieraorü num.rmata^quac huc pertincbant,in ci-adtim 

 oramqiiepoenè obieaam Aiiltrinam ante vrbem & fiumen Gclamrqu-E 

 & ipfaplunmis Himera, vti fuo loco oilcnfnn rumus,nuncupatur>omi- 

 nis& rationis iimihtudineindueli craiifporacnmiis. Jn ijs namqiie Hi- 

 mera-orum namilmadbus , Minerua Hcrcu li balncanci facns opcracü'r- 

 ab altera parte Ergoteles JloKixóJ^o,u(^, apparct. qu.r ex hiiloriariim 

 confenfa ad Himcram pollca Thcrmas didlam pcrtincnt.Hiic itaque ca 

 c\ux ad Himercnluim co loco tranfpofitortim numifmata & hiftoriam 

 ^ pertinent, obp^diftas rationes tranllaturi famus. Hmera a prima 



iiracim origine fclicia & magna incrementa accepit; legibulque &in- « 

 ftitutis optimis compofica, auéloritatem &c potcntuim confirmaiiit- ^--t' 

 Vkjue adeovt quumRhegini domefticis maiis & facnonibus araiiiffi- 

 mè pcrturbati laborarent, cicótis Himerenfiiim auxilio atquc operd 

 faftiofis , Rhcginorum ftatus ad tranqinllicatem redierit. Ceterum 

 qiuim Himerenfitim pleriqiie vltionis Itudio & propagand.E ditionis 

 caufTa Rempublicam inclmare molircntur, reuocati rtinfab co confilio 

 per Stefichori Poe:£ Apoiogum in hanc fcrè fcntcntiam fcftiuiffi'- 

 mnm: Olm, inquit,C(j»/« Ltifimum pafam fihstxfiiltabnt (y lafciiuebat- h„„. ^ , 

 ^ tmmpente deinde cenio pabuU -odlatore, eqims yltioni-s fiudio txardifcens , homï- '^f'- 

 m confilio ufm eïi : Is J frmum, incjnit, me fejfinm patiem ',mm eqmdem 

 te de cerm petulantta ailafd potero . Mcepijje eqimm ma conditwnem, admt- tZf, 

 fjje fej]orem,tf fMidm jmunitemincidiffe^dumnimio -i'ltwm Jludio animm- f{f-'°-, 

 potentiam feqtmir. Tam feftiiia Sc opportuna fabnla ciues Himercnrcs fi'''^'"'' 

 ad ranioraconrilia reuocati, imperium Phalaridi abrogarunt : fuamque 

 aliquamdiu hbcrtatem turati. Poftea ex nimijs opibus infolentiores 

 faóli ; ac in Iibidinem & voluptaces proic(5li, adhxc partium lludijs ex- 

 agitati^in Cj'f%i tandem cyrannidemprolapfi funr. Cydippo Tm/Z/w ^^mp- 

 fuccciïït. TeriUum veró Anaxik Melfanenfium domini roccrum,T/;£. Zll'/" 

 ron Agrigentinoi-umprinceps,occupata per vim Himeraexpulir. ve-™T„, 

 ^ rum poftquam Terillo Anaxilas fefe coniunxiflec , ac Pcenorum copias ^' 

 duce Amilcarecumtrecentis armatorummillibus,vc Theronem iii.""'^""- 

 mcracijcerentjinfocietatemvocalTentj TlierocümGelonegenero Aio 

 Syracufanorum rege fadns pacifcitur ; fefeque Himerx manibus in- 

 cludi patitur. Ceterum poftquam eruptione fafta hoftem aogrelTus vna 

 atqne item altera clade frac^us fuiffcr, Gelo ipfi in fubfidium propcrar- 

 citatoque agmine accurrens Therodis cladem magna Pcenorum cxde 

 vlcifcitur : mox cxfo ex infidijs Amilcare Panorum duee, aperte cum 

 ccteris copijs Marte congreffus , centum quinquaginta hoftium miliia 

 rriicidat jrcliqui capti, partim in fernitutem venditi, partimin fcruiles 



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