Seeing this, the troops on the heights retired in haste, and the whole army of the Syracusans re-entered the city, thinking that with their present force they would no longer be able to hinder the wall reaching the sea.
Hori ikustean, goian zeuden sirakusarrak ez eze, gudaroste osoa sartu zen hirian, uste izanik orduan zituzten soldaduak ez zirela nahikoa izango etsaiak bere itsasorainoko murrua eraikitzen jarrai zezan eragozteko.