Postea quidam faber Tyrius nomine Pephrasmenos hac ratione et inventione inductus malo statuto ex eo alterum transversum uti trutinam suspendit et in reducendo et inpellendo vementibus plagis deiecit Gaditanorum murum.
Subsequently a Tyrian engineer named Pephrasmenos, following the method of this invention, set up a pole and from it suspended a crossbeam, like the beam of a balance. This he drew backward and thrust forward, and by its violent blows overthrew the walls of Cadiz.
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