# Res Gestae 23.4.8

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 23, Chapter 4. Latin.

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Hinc ad arietem veniemus. Eligitur abies vel ornus excelsa, cuius summitas duro ferro concluditur et prolixo, arietis efficiens prominulam speciem, quae forma huic machinamento vocabulum indidit, et sic suspensa utrimque, transversis asseribus et ferratis, quasi ex lance vinculis trabis alterius continetur, eamque quantum mensurae ratio patitur, multitudo retro repellens, rursus ad obvia quaeque rumpenda protrudit, ictibus validissimis, instar adsurgentis et cedentis arietis Qua crebritate velut reciproci fulminis impetu aedificiis scissis in rimas, concidunt structurae laxatae murorum.

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