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808. —Carthage sends out an army to reduce rebel Numidians. Agatliocles pursues the Carthaginian army, defeats them, and
assaults their eanip Imt fails to take it, and has to retreat as the N'umidian allies of Carthage plunder his camp.
Ophelas, Macedcjiiiaii governor of Cyrene, makes an alliance with Agathocles, sets out in the summer from Cyrenc with
an army, and after two months" march joins Agathocles.
Agathocles suddenly attacks Ophelas, puts him to death, and incorporates his troops with his own.
307.—Utica falls away from Agathocles, and is conquered by him after a hard siege. He then attacks and captures
Hippuacra.
Leaving his son .•\rchagnthus as connnander in Africa, Agathocles now returns to .Sicily with a small fleet and 2,000
men.
Meanwhile Xenodicus of Acragas had marched against .Syracuse and been defeated by Leptines and Demophilus,
Sjracusan generals, and compelled to retreat to Acragas.
Agathocles lands in Carthaginian territory near Seliinis. captures Heraclea, and marches towards Thermae on the
north coast of Sicily, where he compels the Carthaginian garrison to evacuate the place. He next .subdues
Cephaloedium. and from that liase marches through the iidand parts of east .Sicily. He is repulsed at Centuripae,
captures Apollonia. and is met by Peinocrates, leader of the Syracusan exiles, with a large army. Finding himself
too weak, Agathocles retreats before Ueinocrates.
In Africa, Kumachus, geiieril of Archagathus, marches far into the interior of Libya, captures Tokae, Mtisehala, and
other places, and returns with booty. He is again sent out on a similar expedition.
Arehagathus divides his forces into three columns : one ho sends to the coast, the second ho keeps under his own
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