At Alexander, quamquam angustias naturali situ munitas valida manu barbari tuebantur, tamen, arietibus admotis, munimenta, quae manu adiuncta erant, concussit fundisque et sagittis propugnantium plerosque deiecit.
Although the barbarians with a strong force were guarding the pass, which was protected by its natural situation, nevertheless Alexander, bringing up his battering-rams, shattered the fortifications which had been artificially added, and laid low many of the defenders with slings and arrows.
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