haec ictu rapido pugnantum saepe per auras, attonito ductore, tulit fumantia membra; haec vastae lateri turris cum turbine fixa, dum penitus pluteis Vulcanum exercet adesis, arma virosque simul pressit flagrante ruina.
This weapon often confounded Hannibal when it carried aloft the smoking limbs of his men by its swift stroke; and, when in its flight it struck the side of a huge tower, it kindled a fire which burnt till all the woodwork of the tower was utterly consumed, and buried men and arms together under the blazing ruins.
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