§3.25.1Ibi cum alii fossas complerent, alii multis telis coniectis defensores vallo munitionibusque depellerent, auxiliaresque, quibus ad pugnam non multum Crassus confidebat, lapidibus telisque subministrandis et ad aggerem caespitibus comportandis speciem atque opinionem pugnantium praeberent, cum item ab hostibus constanter ac non timide pugnaretur telaque ex loco superiore missa non frustra acciderent, §3.25.2equites circumitis hostium castris Crasso renuntiaverunt non eadem esse diligentia ab decumana porta castra munita facilemque aditum habere.
There, while some were filling up the ditches, others by throwing many weapons were driving the defenders from the rampart and fortifications, and the auxiliaries, in whom Crassus did not place much confidence for battle, by supplying stones and weapons and by carrying sods for the mound, were presenting the appearance and impression of fighting men, and while likewise on the part of the enemy the fight was being maintained steadily and not fearfully, and the weapons thrown from the higher ground did not fall without effect, the cavalry, having ridden around the camp of the enemy, reported to Crassus that the camp was not fortified with the same diligence on the side of the decuman gate, and presented an easy approach.