This man, as I have said, made head of the army by the Syracusans, soon found out that a mercenary soldiery, constituted like our Italian condottieri, was of no use; and it appearing to him that he could neither keep them not let them go, he had them all cut to pieces, and afterwards made war with his own forces and not with aliens.
Tüstént felismerte, hogy a zsoldos hadsereg haszontalan, mert a vezérek olyanok, mint a mi itáliai condottieróink. Úgy ítélte, hogy őket sem megtartani, sem elbocsátani nem tudja, s ezért darabokra vágatta őket: és ettől fogva saját s nem idegen hadakkal viselt háborút.