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Often appears with: siege of syracuse · siege and fortification · marcellus · conspiracy and deserters · conspiracy and assassination · civil war and rebellion
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“For in the beginning of spring, Marcellus being in doubt whether he should direct the operations of the war against Himilco and Hippocrates at Agrigentum, or press the siege of Syracuse, though he saw that it was impossible to take the city by force, which, from its situation, both with respect to sea and land, was impregnable, nor by famine, as it was supported by an uninterrupted supply of provisions from Carthage, yet that he might leave no course untried, directed the Syracusan deserters” Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 · insight
During the active siege of Capua, Marcellus finishes the siege of Syracuse using an internal conspiracy: exiles communicate, a failed plot is exposed and punished, then a ladder assault during Diana’s festival succeeds.
would not sustain his approach. The ambassadors, dismissed with these hopes, with difficulty effected their return to Capua, which was by this time surrounded by a double trench and rampart. 23. At the time when the circumvallation of Capua was carrying on with the greatest activity, the siege of Syracuse, which had been forwarded by intestine treachery, in addition to the efforts and bravery of the general and his …