Ita illi postero die cum accedere voluissent, naves supra aggerationem, quae fuerat sub aqua, sederunt nec ad murum accedere nec retrorsus se recipere potuerunt, sed ibi malleolis confixae incendio sunt conflagratae.
Thus when the enemy next day wished to draw near, their ships grounded on the heaped material which was under water. The ships could neither approach the wall nor draw backwards, but being pierced by burning missiles, they were set ablaze and consumed on the spot.
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