at postquam properata satis, quae commonet usus, dat signum atque alacer scalis transcendere muros imperat ac saevis urbem terroribus implet: cum subito dextrum offulsit conatibus omen.
When all the devices suggested by experience were complete, he gave the word at once and bade them scale the walls by the ladders. Thus he filled the citizens hearts with dreadful panic; and suddenly a favourable omen smiled upon his enterprise.
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