Motif
siege assault under shield-cover
siege_assault_under_shield_cover
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Host Battle and Siege. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
roman
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The Aeneid of Virgil BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 6015-6072 confidence: high
A trumpet and shout signal attack; Volscians advance under a roof of shields, fill trenches, tear palisades, and some scale the walls with ladders.
The attackers advance under a roof of shields, fill trenches, tear palisades, and attempt the walls with ladders.
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