Muros turresque urbis praealtum mare ambiebat; non tormenta nisi e navibus procul excussa mitti, non scalae moenibus applicari poterant, praeceps in salum murus pedestre interceperat iter; naves nec habebat rex et, si admovisset, pendentes et instabiles missilibus arceri poterant.
The walls and towers of the city were surrounded by very deep sea; artillery could not be used except when its shots were hurled from ships at a distance, nor could scaling-ladders be applied to the fortifications, since the walls, descending sheer into the surge, had blocked any approach on foot; moreover Alexander had no ships, and if he could have brought them up to the wall, being afloat and unsteady, they could have been kept at bay by missiles.
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