Sed quae ad custodiam religionis attinent, nescio an omnes M. Atilius Regulus praecesserit, qui ex victore speciosissimo insidiis Hasdrubalis et Xanthippi Lacedaemonii ducis ad miserabilem captivi fortunam deductus ac missus ad senatum populumque Romanum legatus, ut [ex] se et uno et sene complures Poenorum iuvenes pensarentur, in contrarium dato consilio Carthaginem petiit, non quid<em> ignarus ad quam crudeles quamque merito sibi infestos [deos] reverteretur, verum quia iis iuraverat, si captivi eorum redditi non forent, ad eos sese rediturum.
From a brilliant victor reduced to the pitiable condition of a prisoner by the wiles of Hasdrubal and the Spartan captain Xanthippus, he was sent envoy to the senate and people of Rome to the end that a number of young Carthaginians be exchanged for one old man: himself. But Regulus advised against and then went back to Carthage, not indeed unaware how cruel and how deservedly incensed against him were those to whom he was returning, but because he had given them his oath that he would come back to them if their prisoners were not returned.
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