Aviti spiritus egregius successor Scipio Aemilianus, cum urbem praevalidam obsideret, suadentibus quibusdam ut circa moenia eius ferreos murices spargeret, omniaque vada plumbatis tabulis consterneret habentibus clavorum cacumina, ne subita eruptione hostes in praesidia nostra impetum facere possent, respondit non esse eiusdem et capere aliquos velle et timere.
Scipio Aemilianus, a fine successor to his grandfathers spirit, was besieging a strongly fortified city. Certain persons urged him to scatter iron caltrops around its walls and strew all passages with leaded boards studded with nails pointing upward, so that the enemy would not be able to attack our positions in a sudden sortie. Scipio replied that it was not for the same person to want to capture people and to be afraid of them.
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