Polybius, Histories

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Book 28 - Chapter 11

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<w lemma="%2Ato%5C">Τὸ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28hra%2Fkleion">Ἡράκλειον</w> <w lemma="h%28%2Flw">ἥλω</w> <w lemma="i%29di%2Fan">ἰδίαν</w> <w lemma="tina%5C">τινὰ</w> <w lemma="a%28%2Flwsin">ἅλωσιν</w>. <w lemma="e%29xou%2Fshs">ἐχούσης</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="po%2Flews">πόλεως</w> <w lemma="e%29f%27">ἐφ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28no%5Cs">ἑνὸς</w> <w lemma="me%2Frous">μέρους</w> <w lemma="e%29p%27">ἐπ᾽</w> <w lemma="o%29li%2Fgon">ὀλίγον</w> <w lemma="to%2Fpon">τόπον</w> <w lemma="tapeino%5Cn">ταπεινὸν</w> <w lemma="tei%3Dxos">τεῖχος</w>, <w lemma="oi%28">οἱ</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="trei%3Ds">τρεῖς</w> <w lemma="shmei%2Fas">σημείας</w> <w lemma="proexeiri%2Fsanto">προεχειρίσαντο</w>.
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<w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="prw%2Fth%7C">πρώτῃ</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="qureou%5Cs">θυρεοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28pe%5Cr">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="kefalh%3Ds">κεφαλῆς</w> <w lemma="poih%2Fsantes">ποιήσαντες</w> <w lemma="sune%2Ffracan">συνέφραξαν</w>, <w lemma="w%28%2Fste">ὥστε</w> <w lemma="th%3D%7C">τῇ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="o%28%2Fplwn">ὅπλων</w> <w lemma="pukno%2Fthti">πυκνότητι</w> <w lemma="keramwtw%3D%7C">κεραμωτῷ</w> <w lemma="katarru%2Ftw%7C">καταρρύτῳ</w> <w lemma="gi%2Fnesqai">γίνεσθαι</w> <w lemma="paraplh%2Fsion">παραπλήσιον</w>. <w lemma="e%29fech%3Ds">ἐφεξῆς</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%28%2Fterai">ἕτεραι</w> <w lemma="du%2Fo">δύο</w> ?<w lemma=""></w>* — <w lemma="%2Akeramwto%2Fn">Κεραμωτόν</w>, <w lemma="taktikh%5C">τακτικὴ</w> <w lemma="dia%2Ftacis:">διάταξις·</w>
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<w lemma="o%28%2Fper">ὅπερ</w> <w lemma="e%29poi%2Foun">ἐποίουν</w> <w lemma="%2A%28rwmai%3Doi">Ῥωμαῖοι</w> <w lemma="e%29n">ἐν</w> <w lemma="paidia%3Ds">παιδιᾶς</w> <w lemma="me%2Frei">μέρει</w>.
<head>The Testudo</head>Heracleum was taken in a peculiar manner. The town had a low wall of no great extent on one side, and to attack this the Romans employed three picked maniples.
The men of the first held their shields over their heads, and closed up, so that, owing to the density of the bucklers, it became like a tiled roof. The other two in succession . . .