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which the large stones are found scattered, as it
were by the Roman engines, furnishes curious evi-
dence, of the obstinate defence made by the Leucati,
and the consequent determination of the Romans
to put a stop to all resistance of so hazardous a
nature in future, by effectually demolishing the walls.
The importance of Leucate, in a commercial point
of view, must have been no less great in those early
ages, than the spirit of independence and the prow-
ess of its citizens. The channel, notwithstanding
the labour and expense which the new colony must
have incurred in digging the canal, was, either from
the beginning unnavigable, or shortly became so,
by the constant accumulation of gravel at it’s mouth.
This probably determined them to construct a mole,
forming a deep harbour at the north-west point of
the island, and at about three miles and a half or
four miles distance from the city.
et campus terrenus omnis, operique facilis. Itaque multis simul locis
aut subruti, aut ariete decussi, ruebant muri. Sed quam urbs ipsa
opportuna obpugnantibus erat, tam inexpugnabiles hostium animi.
Die ac nocte intenti reficere quassata muri; obstruere quae patefacta
ruinis erant; praelia impigre inire, et armis magis muros, qnam
seipsos maenibus tutari, diutiusque spe Romanorum obsidionem
earn extraxissent, ni exules quidam Italici generis, Leucade habi-
tantes, ab arce milites accepissent, eos tamen ex superiore loco
magno cum tumultu decurrentes, acie in foro instructa, justo
praelio aliquamdiu Leucadii sustinuerunt. Interim et scabs capta
multis locis msenia, et per stragem lapidum ac ruinas transcensum
in urbem. Jamque ipse legatus magno agmine circumvenerat
pugnantes, pars in medio caesi; pars, armis abjeclis dedederunt se
victori.— Tit, Liv. a Drakenborch, Amst. 1741. 4to. lib. 33, c. 17.
which the large stones are found scattered, as it
were by the Roman engines, furnishes curious evi-
dence, of the obstinate defence made by the Leucati,
and the consequent determination of the Romans
to put a stop to all resistance of so hazardous a
nature in future, by effectually demolishing the walls.
The importance of Leucate, in a commercial point
of view, must have been no less great in those early
ages, than the spirit of independence and the prow-
ess of its citizens. The channel, notwithstanding
the labour and expense which the new colony must
have incurred in digging the canal, was, either from
the beginning unnavigable, or shortly became so,
by the constant accumulation of gravel at it’s mouth.
This probably determined them to construct a mole,
forming a deep harbour at the north-west point of
the island, and at about three miles and a half or
four miles distance from the city.
et campus terrenus omnis, operique facilis. Itaque multis simul locis
aut subruti, aut ariete decussi, ruebant muri. Sed quam urbs ipsa
opportuna obpugnantibus erat, tam inexpugnabiles hostium animi.
Die ac nocte intenti reficere quassata muri; obstruere quae patefacta
ruinis erant; praelia impigre inire, et armis magis muros, qnam
seipsos maenibus tutari, diutiusque spe Romanorum obsidionem
earn extraxissent, ni exules quidam Italici generis, Leucade habi-
tantes, ab arce milites accepissent, eos tamen ex superiore loco
magno cum tumultu decurrentes, acie in foro instructa, justo
praelio aliquamdiu Leucadii sustinuerunt. Interim et scabs capta
multis locis msenia, et per stragem lapidum ac ruinas transcensum
in urbem. Jamque ipse legatus magno agmine circumvenerat
pugnantes, pars in medio caesi; pars, armis abjeclis dedederunt se
victori.— Tit, Liv. a Drakenborch, Amst. 1741. 4to. lib. 33, c. 17.