Ἄκεσσα
akessa, (?)access
Translated by Robert Dyer4 Mar 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
A Roman tactic consisting of cutting down trees to prepare a defense.
"The Romans constructed what in the Romans' language is called the akessa. For, cutting down trees and laying the trunks one upon another in a pile, they walled off, as far as was possible, the approach to the city on that side."1
"The Romans constructed what in the Romans' language is called the akessa. For, cutting down trees and laying the trunks one upon another in a pile, they walled off, as far as was possible, the approach to the city on that side."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄκεσσα· Ῥωμαϊκόν τι μηχάνημα ἐκ δενδροτομίου πρὸς ἐρυμνότητα μετασκευαζόμενον. οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι ξυνέθεσαν τὴν λεγομένην ἄκεσσαν τῇ Ῥωμαίων φωνῇ. δενδροτομήσαντες γὰρ ἀλλεπάλληλα στελέχη τῇ ξυνθήκῃ καταστορέσαντες ἀπετείχισαν ὡς ἐνῆν τὴν ἐνθένδε πορείαν τῆς πόλεως.