Nisibin enim sub pellibus agens pars maior exercitus custodibat, iutervallo perquam longo discretam, alioqui numquam labenti Singarae vel temporibus priscis, quisquam ferre auxilium potuit, aquarum penuria cunctis circum arentibus locis.
For the greater part of the army was in camp guarding Nisibis, which was a very long distance off; besides, even in former days no one had ever been able to aid Singara when in trouble, since all the surrounding country was dried up from lack of water.
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