Et obseratis aditibus, turribusque armatis ac propugnaculis, futurae concertationi praeparabant utilia, interim soluti et liberi, hocque facinore ita audaci, ad favendum Constanti partibus ut superstitis Italicos incolas excitabant.
And having closed the entrances and posted armed men on the towers and bulwarks, they made ready whatever would be helpful in the coming contest, meanwhile living free from care or restraint; and by so daring an act they roused the neighbouring Italians to side with Constantius, whom they thought to be still living.
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