Praetendebat lascivire militem diductum; si quid subitum ingruat, maiore auxilio pariter subveniri; et severius acturos, si vallum statuatur procul urbis inlecebris.
His excuse was that soldiers who were spread out become disorderly; that, in the event of a sudden crisis, assistance was more useful if the helpers were united; and that there would be less relaxed behavior if a camp was set up far from the temptations of the city.