and they expected a great war from Africa, since they learned that the Carthaginians, after Mago's suicide, had impaled his dead body, in their rage at his conduct of the expedition, and that they were assembling a great force with the intention of crossing into Sicily in the summer.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :
topology: Although it is not explicitly mentioned here, it is safe to assume that Mago commited suicide in Carthage since the Carthaginians obviously got hold of his dead body. motive: Since his suicide is probably due to shame over his defeat on Sicily, the reason is social as well as emotional, because of the implied social convention.
Notes :
The long-term consequence "desecration of tomb/corpse" needs to be added.
