Ergo, sicut imperatum erat, alii extra urbem tecta demoliebantur ingentemque vim materiae faciendo aggeri detrahebant, alii magnarum arborum stipites cum ramis ac  moles saxorum in cavernas deiciebant.
Accordingly, just as had been commanded, some were demolishing the houses outside the city and were bringing a great amount of timber for making the mound; others were throwing trunks of great trees, with their branches, and masses of stone into the  caverns.
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