Due to their lack of decisive power, Zafar instructs Cestvs and his companions to train all day every day by digging with pickaxes. Though his companions complain, Cestvs regards Zafar's word as his only ray of hope and continues digging. Meanwhile, a pair of messengers arrive to announce a fighting tournament held by the emperor. Emperor Nero himself has ordered that Cestvs participate. He seems to be unable to escape him... With indescribable uncertainty in his heart, Cestvs participates in the qualifier in order to win his freedom. However, the arena is a wooden structure resembling a run-down cage.
and painstakingly packed their paved roads 
so that they would last a long time.
ورصّوا طرقهم المُعبّدة بعناية
كي تدوم لفترة طويلة
und schlossen sie fest ab,
damit sie eine lange Zeit halten würden.
y compactaban todo arduamente para
que los caminos duraran mucho tiempo.
y compactaban a conciencia para
que los caminos duraran mucho tiempo.
Ce processus minutieux permettait
l’édification de routes durables.
e lastricavano il tutto con cura e attenzione,
in modo che durasse nel tempo.
O solo era batido para que o pavimento
durasse muito tempo.
и скрупулёзно мостили дороги так,
 чтобы те служили долгие годы.