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Nothing was left undone by the Samaeans in the way of defence against siege-works or assaults. Their method of resistance was mainly two-fold. [2] On the one hand, where the wall was destroyed they always built a strong one inside close to it, and on the other they made sudden sorties, at one time against the siege-works, at another against the outposts. In these actions they generally proved superior. [3] One method was discovered of keeping them back; a simple one, but worth mentioning. [4] A hundred slingers were sent for from Aegium, Patrae and Dymae. These men had been in the habit, as their fathers had before them, of practicing with their slings, with which they used to hurl into the sea the round stones lying on the beach. [5] In this way they gained a more accurate and longer range than the Baliaric slingers. Their slings, too, were not made of a single strap, like those of the Baliarics and other nations, but they consisted of three thongs, stiffened by beings sewn together. [6] This prevented the bullet from flying off at random when the thong was let go; when fixed in the sling it could be so whirled round as to fly out as though from the string of a bow. [7] They used to send their stones through rings at a great distance, as targets, and were thus able to hit not only the head but whatever part of the face they aimed at. [8] These slings kept the Samaeans from making such frequent or such daring sorties; so much so in fact that they called to the Achaeans from their walls and begged them to retire for a time and remain quiet spectators while they fought with the Roman outposts. [9] Same sustained a siege of four months. Day by day some of their scanty numbers fell or were wounded, and the survivors became exhausted in mind and body. [10] At last the Romans surmounted the wall and forced their way through the citadel which they call the Cyatis-the city extends on the west down to the sea-and appeared in the forum. When the Samaeans found that the city was partly captured by the enemy they took refuge in the larger citadel with their wives and children. [11] The next day they surrendered; the city was sacked, and the whole of its population sold into slavery.

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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34, commentary, 33.17
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38, commentary, 36.18
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42, commentary, 42.55
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42, commentary, 42.65
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    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Patrae
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Samaei
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Same
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Achaei
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Aegium
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Cyatidem
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Dymae
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Dymenses
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Fundae
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, Funditores
    • Titus Livius (Livy), Ab urbe condita, Index, M. Fulvius Nobilior
    • A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), FUNDA
    • A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), LIBRA´TOR
    • Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CEPHALLE´NIA
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