sed custos urbi Gracchus, tutela vel ipsis certior, arcebat muris iterumque sedere portis atque aditus iterum sperare vetabat.
But Gracchus,e the governor of the city, a surer defence than the walls themselves, kept the enemy away from the place, preventing them from encamping again by the gates and from hoping again to force an entrance.
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