But the people of Aquileia fought back vigorously and enthusiastically from the walls; temples and houses were shut, and the entire population, including women and children, joined in the resistance from the battlements and turrets up on the wall. No one was too young or old to play a useful part in the defence of his country.
Edition :
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
