ESCALADE Copy link • ESCALADE*scalae muris admotae, or scalae only, or circumlocution by scalas moenibus admovere or applicare scalis muros aggredi or ascendere; positis scalis muros ascendere (Caes.). To take a city by escalade, *oppidum scalis (admotis) capere: to endeavor to take a city by escalade, scalas erigi jubere (Tac.): scalis (or positis scalis) muros ascendere or aggredi.