There were whinnyings and clompings outside on the cobbles.
In nuclear plants, robots toil for hours at a time in highly radioactive areas in place of hundreds of employees, called jumpers or glowboys, who worked in short relays so as to minimize their exposure.
The ram bows were of course useless against a seawall, so the actual assault was conducted using four sambucae (“harps”), each of which consisted of two quinqueremes lashed together side by side for stability, with a large scaling ladder mounted to the decks. These sambucae would only be able to attack where the rocky coast was deep enough to allow it to come right up to the seawall, so that they could lean their ladders against the wall, allowing Roman troops to assault by escalade. Surrounding the sambucae were the quinqueremes with archers and javelineers on deck, who would provide fire support against the defending Syracusians (Figure 4).
Their way lay through the hall, where hung the helm of many a bold forefather, and arms that had seen service even in the crusades.
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