Scorpio genus tormenti, quem onagrum sermo vulgaris appellat, e regione contra hostium aciem densam locatus, lapidem contorsit ingentem, qui licet humo frustra illisus est, visus tamen ita eos metu exanimavit, ut stupore spectaculi novi, cedentes e medio, abire temptarent.
A piece of artillery known as a scorpion, but called a wild ass in the language of the people, placed exactly opposite a great mass of the enemy, hurled a huge stone, and although it dashed to the ground without effect, yet the sight of it caused the enemy such great terror, that in their amazement at the strange spectacle they fled to a distance and tried to leave the place.
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