Poliorcetica
Aeneas Tacticus
Aeneas Tacticus. Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, Onasander. William Abbott Oldfather, editor. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1923 (printing).
ἐὰν δὲ ἐμπρησθῶσιν πύλαι, προσφέρεσθαι ξύλα, καὶ ἐμβάλλοντα ὡς μέγιστον τὸ πῦρ ποιεῖν, μέχρι οὗ ἂν ταφρεύσῃς τὰ ἔσωθεν, καὶ ἀντιδείμῃς ἐκ τῶν σοι συνυπαρχόντων τάχιστα· εἰ δὲ μή, ἐκ τῶν ἐγγύτατα οἰκιῶν καθαιροῦντα.