hic, miranda movens, classem, quae condita portu adstabat (namque angustis se faucibus aequor irrumpit scopulos inter patuloque recessu infundit campis secretum gurgite pontum) inclusas igitur, quibus haud enare dabatur arce superposita, claustris maris extulit astu perque aversa tulit portatas arva carinas.
Then Hannibal devised a wondrous plan. The Tarentine fleet was at anchor and hidden away in the harbour; for the sea bursts in through the rocks by a narrow entrance and floods an ample basind with water separated from the main. Therefore, as the ships were shut in and prevented from sailing forth by the citadel commanding the entrance, Hannibal artfully brought them out by transporting them over dry land on the side away from the citadel.
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