Iamque vineis et residuis omnibus, quae poscebat obsidium, paratis, vigilia secunda praecipiti, cum nox casu tunc lunari nitens splendore, his qui propugnaculis insistebant, aperte cuncta monstraret, repente in unum pondus coacta, multitudo patefactis subito portis erupit, cohortemque nec opinantem adorta nostrorum, cecidit complures, inter quos etiam tribunus peremptus est, periculum propulsare conatus.
Already the mantlets and all the other equipment required for a siege were being made ready, when, as the night chanced to be clear and the bright moonlight clearly revealed everything to those who stood upon the battlements, near the end of the second watch a throng quickly gathered and burst from the suddenly opened gates, and falling unawares on one of our cohorts, killed a great number, including also a tribune who tried to avert the danger.
final_alignments\Ammianus_Marcellinus_Book24.json