Alexander quidem urbem destitutam ab suis intrat, arcem vero, in quam confugerant, oppugnare adortus caduceatorem praemisit, qui denuntiaret, ni dederent, ipsos ultima esse passuros.
The city, indeed, when Alexander entered it, had been abandoned by its inhabitants, but having determined to attack the citadel, in which they had taken refuge, he first sent a herald, to threaten that if they did not surrender it, they would suffer the utmost penalties.
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