The clone army advanced quickly until it reached near the ditch of the city wall.
The city of Rome had dry ditches of three to five meters and one to two meters deep. The stakes in the ditches were in poor condition but still fulfilled their function.
The Roman Senate was very corrupt and the maintenance of the ditches that protected the city was not carried out frequently.
In the final period of the Republic, Rome was plagued with corruption. For example, the Gracchi brothers, who initiated reforms, were murdered, and the famous Cato the Younger, who competed in the Campus Martius, was imprisoned by the men of Pompey, revealing the darkness of the political landscape.
The Roman nobles were busy squandering money or embezzling Roman tax money; as a consequence, the dry ditches that protected the city became very neglected.
Some areas of the ditches were filled with the corpses from the previous battle, causing the area to be more accessible for repositioning the ladders.
The clone soldiers took advantage of all the vulnerable areas of the ditch with the purpose of using them as support to reposition the ladders.
The enormous ladders rose into the air and slowly fell onto the walls of the city.
The clone army was like a caged beast that climbed slowly on the ladders.
A young Roman soldier watched the clone army in horror.
The city wall filled with shouts and hurried Roman legionaries.
The few Roman archers drew their bows and fired arrows indiscriminately at the clone army.
The clone soldiers raised their shields in a tight formation while they climbed in an orderly manner up the ladders.
The hundreds of Roman soldiers who were patrolling the wall organized themselves to stop the first clone soldiers climbing the ladders.
A Roman soldier tried to push the ladder without much success. The clone soldiers climbing the ladders added considerable weight that made it difficult for a single Roman legionary to push them with his strength.
The first clone soldiers to reach the top of the wall were received with spears and swords.
A clone soldier managed to dodge a spear but without realizing it an arrow pierced his blind spot and embedded itself in his leg.
The loss of a leg greatly reduced the mobility of the clone soldier, who was struck by two spears and died on the spot.
The hundreds of Roman defenders who were on the city wall were overwhelmed by the number of enemies trying to climb the ladders.
The Roman soldiers were aware of the consequences of letting the clone soldiers manage to set foot on the city wall.
The previous twelve-hour battle demonstrated that the army in black armor could not be underestimated.
The Roman soldiers began to gather slowly in small groups near the besieged sections of the wall.
Some Roman soldiers did not have full armor; the siege had begun suddenly without leaving time for preparation.
The Roman archers stopped firing at the black tide and concentrated their fire on the most vulnerable clone soldiers climbing the ladders.
The situation of the siege did not seem to represent a disadvantage for the Roman army.
A clone soldier who was at the top of the wall and skillfully avoided the enemy attack changed his tactic and proactively received three stab wounds.
The Roman soldiers who stabbed the clone soldier did not understand his actions, but without time to react the clone soldier drove his dagger into the neck of a Roman soldier.
The dagger became embedded in the neck of the Roman soldier and blood began to gush like a fountain.
The greatest advantage in sieges for the clone army lay in suicidal attacks.
The clone army could besiege well-fortified cities relying on suicidal attacks that would damage the morale of the defenders.
The Roman generals leading the defense were very aware of the lethality of the clone army. Generals like Sertorius began to take command of different sections of the wall.
A clone soldier, upon realizing certain death, jumped from the ladder while grabbing the spear of a Roman soldier.
The unprepared Roman soldier was dragged by the clone soldier, both men falling into the ditch.
The clone or Roman soldiers who died and fell into the ditch served to level the ground.
The clone soldiers took advantage of the corpses covering the ditch to raise ladders onto the city wall.
The ladders were not difficult to build and the clone army had built hundreds.
The city of Rome was considered a symbol and few armies had managed to besiege the city.
Since the Punic Wars, Roman armies that had marched on Rome were not very determined to launch a suicidal attack against the city. They preferred to surround it and wait to negotiate surrender with the defenders.
It was uncommon for an army of Roman origin to be very determined to attack the city of Rome.
When almost 1,000 clone soldiers fell and filled the ditch of the wall, the situation of the Roman army began to change.
Many clone soldiers were like hyenas that sought the slightest opportunity to launch suicidal attacks and die with the enemy, generating fear among the recruits of the Roman army.
A clone soldier who reached the top of the ladder realized that there was only one Roman soldier blocking him; the Roman soldier was a veteran.
The spear of the Roman soldier pierced and cut off a piece of the ear of the clone soldier.
The clone soldier, using one hand, threw a dagger that pierced the eye socket of the Roman soldier.
The clone soldier with his ear torn off began to climb slowly until reaching the city wall.
The Roman soldiers who were nearby had their focus on the clone soldiers climbing the ladders.
The Roman general who controlled the area gave orders to assign the defenders a zone of responsibility. The clone army had hundreds of ladders and the efficiency of thousands of clones working like machines and wanting to plant the ladders in every possible place could not be underestimated.
The clone soldier who was the first to climb the ladder was somewhat incredulous at being ignored but quickly recovered.
When six clone soldiers climbed the ladder the Roman soldiers realized the enemy.
A clone soldier stabbed a centurion in the groin, causing a pitiful scream that initiated the combat.
The clone soldiers did not have shields but took advantage of their agility to cause chaos.
The chaos was small but threatened to spread rapidly.
The clone soldiers climbed like ants up the ladders.
The Roman generals gave orders to the archers to launch incendiary arrows.
The dark sky above the Roman army began to light up with the fire of the falling arrows.
The few clone soldiers who managed to step onto the city wall launched suicidal attacks without the intention of living.
The walls once again turned into a meat grinder.
The war cries and the arrows that lit up the sky managed to alarm the army of Sulla that was about to rest.
Sulla frowned as he observed and listened to the faint war cries carried by the wind.
The generals of Sulla's army quickly received news of the siege and as a consequence Sulla's expression turned sour.
The siege would only consume the lives of many good Roman soldiers.
Rome was at the end of its Republican period and its international influence was not as strong as in the later Imperial era.
On the other hand, the battle became a monotonous action for the clone army and a desperate situation for the Romans defending the city.