Praecipue rudes talium operum terrebant mobiles turres, tantasque moles, nulla ope quae cerneretur adiutas, deorum numine agi credebant; pila quoque muralia et excussas tormentis praegraves hastas negabant convenire  mortalibus.
The movable towers especially terrified men who were unacquainted with such devices, and they believed that such massive structures, aided by no visible power, were moved by the will of the gods; the mural pikes also, and the heavy spears hurled by the engines, they said  were not compatible with mortal power.
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