After learning from the lessons of previous failed sieges and spending several days meticulously preparing, he launched another attack, fully expecting to succeed this time. However, after enduring a grueling morning of battle, soldiers finally managed to reach the ramparts, only to be quickly driven back, failing at the last moment.
This enraged him greatly. In a fit of anger, he ordered the entire army to press forward, stationing himself in the rear to maintain order, declaring that any deserter would be executed without mercy. He vowed to capture the city today.
Meanwhile, as Enomai's army was vigorously attacking Metapontum City, a fleet docked on the nearby coast. It carried nearly 150 allied cavalrymen from Heracleia and Metapontum, who disembarked on the beach (Heracleia is located not far to the west of Metapontum, and there is a small Roman naval base within the city at Tarentum Bay, which is one reason Enomai had not attacked it).
