Diodorus Siculus

“ For Dionysius, having intelligence of the motion of the Carthaginians through the heart of the country, without delay got together what forces he could, both Syracusans and mercenaries, and marched against the enemy with no fewer than twenty thousand men. ”

“ In Cyprus, Evagoras of Salamis, a man of a noble family, (for he was descended from the founders of that city) , who was then some time before expelled the city by a sedition, (but returned not long after) , with a small number of men, his confederates, drove Abdemon the Tyrian, petit-prince of Salamis, (a friend and ally of the king of Persia) , out of the city, the greatest and richest city of Cyprus, but in a short time after, growing rich, he raised an army, and purposed to bring the whole island under his dominion. ”

“ At this time they of Rhodes that sides with the Lacedæmonians expelled all the citizens that favoured the Athenians; and, when they got together in arms to defend their interest, the Lacedæmonian confederates routed them with the slaughter of many, and proscribed all the rest that made their escape; and because they were afraid lest the citizens should be contriving upon some innovations, they sent for aid from Lacedæmon. ”