Note 1032 — Chapter XCVII · SICILIAN AND ITALIAN GREEKS. — AGATHOKLES.

This is what Agathokles might have done, but did not do. Nevertheless, Valerius Maximus (vii. 4, 1) represents him as having actually done it, and praises his sagacity on that ground. Here is an example how little careful these collectors of anecdotes sometimes are about their facts.