ardet in excelso proceri vertice montis arx, intacta prius bellis (hinc Punica castra litoraque et totam soliti spectare Saguntum) ardent tecta deum; resplendet imagine flammae aequor, et in tremulo vibrant incendia ponto.
On the high top of the lofty mountain the citadel that former wars had spared is blazing'from this point the citizens were wont to see the Punic camp and the shore and the whole of Saguntum,'the temples of the gods are blazing. The sea is lit up by the reflection of the fire, and the conflagration quivers on the restless water.
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