and Praenestians. Then a herald told the Romans that they deserved to die but they were pardoned. The men of the other two groups were killed. Norba, a town which still resisted, was taken by treachery. The inhabitants strangled themselves with ropes or fell on each other's swords. Others set fire to the town. References Further reading Appian, The Civil Wars, Book 1, Penguin Classics; New Edition 1996; 82 BC Colline Gate 82 BC the Colline Gate (82 BC) Colline Gate (82 BC) the Colline Gate (82 BC) 1st-century BC battles