Quae dum parantur, per varia certaminum genera defensabantur acriter muri, laboribus et vigiliis, et tormentis, ad emittenda undique saxa telaque dispositis.
While preparations for this were going on, the walls were being vigorously defended by various kinds of effort: by toil and watchfulness and by placing engines so as to scatter stones and darts in all directions.
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