Testudo autem arietaria cum ad murum pulsandum accessisset, permiserunt laqueum et eo ariete constricto, per tympanum ergata circumagentes suspenso capite eius non sunt passi tangi murum.
Again, when the ram tortoise came to demolish the wall, they let down a rope and caught the head of the ram. Then they wound the rope round a drum, using a windlass, and by keeping the ram raised, they prevented it from touching the wall.
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