Nam quom eae paulo processerant, igni aut lapidibus corrumpebantur, milites neque pro opere consistere propter iniquitatem loci neque inter vineas sine periculo administrare; optumus quisque cadere aut sauciari, ceteris metus augeri.
For when they had advanced but a short distance, they were ruined by fire or by stones; the soldiers did not keep their footing before the siege works because of the steepness of the terrain and not without danger did they carry out their tasks within the mantlets; the bravest of them were killed or wounded; fear kept growing in the rest.
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