Ergo, sicut imperatum erat, alii extra urbem tecta demoliebantur ingentemque vim materiae faciendo aggeri detrahebant, alii magnarum arborum stipites cum ramis ac  moles saxorum in cavernas deiciebant.
Accordingly, in the same way as had been instructed, some individuals were destroying the residences located outside the city, while others were procuring a substantial quantity of wood to construct the mound. Furthermore, certain people were hurling large trunks of trees, complete with their branches as well as heaps of stones, into the caves.