text_original: But when they failed to carry a town by storm, they set themselves to breach the walls with battering rams and other warlike engines; or they dug mines so as to obtain an entrance within the walls, this being the method followed in taking Veii; or else, to be on a level with the defenders, they erected towers of timber or threw up mounds of earth against the outside of the walls so as to reach the top.
text_transcription: BUT WHEN THEY FAILED TO CARRY A TOWN BY STORM THEY SET THEMSELVES TO BREACH THE WALLS WITH BATTERING RAMS AND OTHER WARLIKE ENGINES OR THEY DUG MINES SO AS TO OBTAIN AN ENTRANCE WITHIN THE WALLS THIS BEING THE METHOD FOLLOWED IN TAKING VAY OR ELSE TO BE ON A LEVEL WITH THE DEFENDERS THEY ERECTED TOWERS OF TIMBER OR THREW UP MOUNDS OF EARTH AGAINST THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS SO AS TO REACH THE TOP
phonemes: bˌʌt wɛn ðeɪ fˈeɪld tə kˈæɹi ɐ tˈaʊn baɪ stˈɔːɹm, ðeɪ sˈɛt ðɛmsˈɛlvz tə bɹˈiːtʃ ðə wˈɔːlz wɪð bˈæɾɚɹɪŋ ɹˈæmz ænd ˈʌðɚ wˈɔːɹlaɪk ˈɛndʒɪnz; ɔːɹ ðeɪ dˈʌɡ mˈaɪnz sˌoʊ æz tʊ əbtˈeɪn ɐn ˈɛntɹəns wɪðˌɪn ðə wˈɔːlz, ðɪs bˌiːɪŋ ðə mˈɛθəd fˈɑːloʊd ɪn tˈeɪkɪŋ vˈeɪi; ɔːɹ ˈɛls, təbi ˌɔn ɐ lˈɛvəl wɪððə dᵻfˈɛndɚz, ðeɪ ɪɹˈɛktᵻd tˈaʊɚz ʌv tˈɪmbɚ ɔːɹ θɹˈuː ˌʌp mˈaʊndz ʌv ˈɜːθ ɐɡˈɛnst ðɪ aʊtsˈaɪd ʌvðə wˈɔːlz sˌoʊ æz tə ɹˈiːtʃ ðə tˈɑːp.