Iugurtha ubi eos Africa decessisse ratus est, neque propter loci naturam Cirtam armis expugnare potest, vallo atque fossa moenia circumdat, turris extruit easque praesidiis firmat, praeterea dies noctisque aut per vim aut dolis temptare, defensoribus moenium praemia modo, modo formidinem ostentare, suos hortando ad virtutem adrigere, prorsus intentus cuncta parare.
When Jugurtha deemed that the envoys had left Africa and found himself unable to take Cirta by storm because of the nature of the place, he surrounded its wall with a rampart and a ditch; he erected towers and strengthened them with guards. In addition, he made attempts day and night either by force or by stratagems, now offering bribes to the defenders of the walls, now threats, rousing his own men to courage by exhortations. In a word, he attentively saw to all preparations.
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