Bellum Iugurthinum 23

Iug. 23.1Iugurtha ubi eōs Āfricā dēcessisse ratus est neque propter locī nātūram Cirtam armīs expugnāre potest, vallō atque fossā moenia circumdat, turrīs extruit eāsque praesidiīs firmat;When Jugurtha thought they had left Africa, and since because of the nature of the place he could not take Cirta by assault, he surrounded the walls with a rampart and ditch, built towers and strengthened them with garrisons; Iug. 23.1praetereā diēs noctīsque aut per vim aut dolīs temptāre;besides this, day and night he made attempts either by force or by trickery; Iug. 23.1dēfēnsōribus moenium praemia modo, modo formīdinem ostentāre;to the defenders of the walls he held out now rewards, now terror; Iug. 23.1suōs hortandō ad virtūtem adrigere;he roused his own men to valour by encouraging them; Iug. 23.1prōrsus intentus cūncta parāre.in short, he was intent on preparing everything. Iug. 23.2Adherbal ubi intellegit omnīs suās fortūnās in extrēmō sitās, hostem īnfestum, auxilī spem nūllam, pēnūriā rērum necessāriārum bellum trahī nōn posse, ex iīs, quī ūnā Cirtam profūgerant, duōs māxumē inpigrōs dēlēgit;When Adherbal realised that all his fortunes were in the last extremity, that the enemy was relentless, that there was no hope of help, and that through lack of necessities the war could not be prolonged, he chose two of the most energetic of those who had fled with him to Cirta; Iug. 23.2eōs multa pollicendō ac miserandō cāsum suom cōnfirmat, utī per hostium mūnītiōnēs noctū ad proxumum mare, Dein Rōmam pergerent.by many promises and by lamenting his plight he emboldened them to make their way by night through the enemy's siege works to the nearest coast, and then to Rome.