Itaque in eiusmodi locis primum fossae sunt faciendae latitudinibus et altitudinibus quam amplissimis, deinde fundamentum muri deprimendum est intra alveum fossae et id extruendum est ea crassitudine, ut opus terrenum facile sustineatur.
Therefore in places of this kind, ditches are to be made of the amplest possible breadth and depth; then the foundation of the wall is to be carried down within the hollow of the ditch, and is to be constructed of such a thickness that the weight of earth is easily held up.
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