For the first time (as far as the Romans knew) his forces were equipped with battering rams and rolling siege towers, with which they successfully assaulted the military centers of Ratiara and Naissus (Niš) and massacred the inhabitants.
The Roman general's troops made history by being the first to employ siege machinery, including battering rams and rolling towers, in a successful attack on Ratiara and Naissus, resulting in the slaughter of the local population.