haec pone aggressus (nam frontem clauserat aequor) moenia, non ullas valuit perfringere Poenus tota mole vias frustraque inglorius ausi pulsavit quatiens obstructas ariete portas.
The front of the city was defended by the sea, and therefore Hannibal attacked it on the landward side; but all his efforts failed to break open an entrance: he was baffled in the attempt and vainly belaboured the barred gates with the blows of his battering-rams.
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