forte super portae dux Veiens astitit arcem colloquiumque astu fretus ab urbe dedit: dumque aries murum cornu pulsabat ano, vinea qua ductum longa tegebat opus, Cossus ait fortis melius concurrere campo.
It chanced that Veiis chief stood on the tower above the gate and trusting to guile gave parley from the city. While the ram with its brazen horn battered the wall, where the long mantlet shielded the advance of siege-work, Cossus said: Better that brave men should fight in the open.
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