Although Benedict tried to bolster morale by encouraging the defenders from the walls of the city, as well as threatening to excommunicate the emperor and his army, the Romans soon decided to capitulate.
Хотя Бенедикт попытался поддержать боевой дух защитников города, угрожая отлучить императора и его солдат, римляне вскоре решили капитулировать.