haud secus ac tectis urbis Vulcania pestis cum sese infudit, rapidusque incendia flatus ventilat et volucres spargit per culmina flammas: attonitum erumpit subita formidine vulgus, lateque ut capta passim trepidatur in urbe.
Thus, when the scourge of fire has spread over the buildings of a city, and a gale fans the flying flame and scatters it over the house-tops, the people rush out into the streets, appalled with sudden fear; and there is widespread consternation, as if enemies had taken the city.
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