Ordering the fleet to sail round from Thapsus into the great harbour of Syracuse, they descended at about dawn from Epipolae into the plain, and laying doors and planks over the marsh, where it was muddy and firmest, crossed over on these, and by daybreak took the ditch and the stockade, except a small portion which they captured afterwards.
Eguna argituko orduko, Epipoletatik lautadara jaitsi, lupetza finkoagoa zegoen lekutik zingira zeharkatu-lupetzan ateak eta ohol lauak ipini eta haien gainetik ibilizeta, egunsentian, oholesiaz (tarte txiki batez izan ezik) eta lubakiaz jabetu ziren; eta geroxeago gainerako guztiaz. Batailan aurkatu ziren eta atenastarrak garaitu.