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Syracuse (Italy) (search for this): book 8, chapter 37
Fall of Syracuse, B. C. 212 He counted the layers; for as the The method taken by a Roman to estimate the height of the wall of Syracuse. Livy, 25, 23. tower had been built of regular layers of stone, it was very easy to reckon the height of the batSyracuse. Livy, 25, 23. tower had been built of regular layers of stone, it was very easy to reckon the height of the battlements from the ground. . . . Some days afterwards on information being given by a deserter that the Syracusans had been engaged in a public sacrifice to Artemis for the last three days; and that they were using very scanty food in the festival th to the license of the hour, and the short supply of food with their wine, he determined to attempt an escalade. Fall of Syracuse by an escalade, autumn B. C. 212. Livy, 24, 23-31. Two ladders of the proper height for the wall having been quickly madnto the wall, through which they admitted the general and the rest of the army. This is the way in which the Romans took Syracuse. . . . None of the citizens knew what was happening because of the distance; for the town isLivy, 25, 24. a very large o
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Fall of Syracuse, B. C. 212 He counted the layers; for as the The method taken by a Roman to estimate the height of the wall of Syracuse. Livy, 25, 23. tower had been built of regular layers of stone, it was very easy to reckon the height of the battlements from the ground. . . . Some days afterwards on information being given by a deserter that the Syracusans had been engaged in a public sacrifice to Artemis for the last three days; and that they were using very scanty food in the festival tall somewhat lower than the rest, and thinking it probable that the men were drunk, owing to the license of the hour, and the short supply of food with their wine, he determined to attempt an escalade. Fall of Syracuse by an escalade, autumn B. C. 212. Livy, 24, 23-31. Two ladders of the proper height for the wall having been quickly made, he pressed on the undertaking. He spoke openly to those who were fit to make the ascent and to face the first and most conspicuous risk, holding out to them