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For the present Hannibal, after completing the palisade note unmolested, was content to remain quiet, as his plan had succeeded to his wish; for he had shut in the enemy and compelled them to remain inside their wall, in terror for the safety of the citadel as well as for their own; while he had raised the courage of the citizens of Tarentum to such an extent, that they now imagined themselves to be a match for the Romans, even without the Carthaginians. A little later he made at a short
distance from the palisade, in the direction of the town, a trench
parallel to the palisade and the wall of the citadel; and the
earth dug out from it having been piled up on the other side
along the edge nearest the town, he erected another palisade
on the top, thus making a fortification no less secure than the
wall itself. Once more, at a moderate distance, nearer the city,
he commenced building a wall, starting from the street called
Soteira up to that called Batheia; so that, even without a garrison,
the Tarentines were adequately protected by the mere constructions themselves. Then leaving a sufficient garrison, and
enough cavalry to serve on outpost duty for the protection of the
wall, he encamped along the bank of the river which is called by
some the Galaesus, but by most people the Eurotas, after the
river which flows past
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