Supra caput eorum, qui continebant arietem, conlocatum erat pluteum turriculae similitudine ornatum, uti sine periculo duo milites tuto stantes prospicere possent et renuntiare, quas res adversarii conarentur.
Above the heads of those who worked the ram, a shelter was placed built after the fashion of a turret, so that the two soldiers standing in safety could look out and report the movements of the enemy.
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