Murum aries attigit - 'The ram has touched the wall'

To give no quarter means to show no mercy.

Romans held that once an assault had begun, no mercy or quarter would be given. The ram touching the wall referred to the battering ram in an assault.

The term "missio" refers to the sign that a gladiator may give when they cede a fight to their opponent. It serves as both an acknowledgement of defeat and a plea for mercy.

The loser asks the munerarius to stop the fight and send him alive (missus) from the arena. If he had not fallen he could be "sent away standing" (stans missus). The editor took the crowd's response into consideration in deciding whether to let the loser live. "Without missio" was a fight with no possibility of a reprieve for the loser.