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Excerpt from The Commentaries of Cæzar: Translated Into English; To Which Is Prefixed, a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War XXXIV. Whilst these things were in agitation, Domitius arrived at Marseilles with his eet, and being received into the town, was appointed governor, and charged with the whole administration of the war. By his order, they sent out their eet to cruise ronne the coasts; seized and brought in all the merchant vessels they could find, and made use of the nails, rigging, and timber of such as were unfit for service, to repair the rest. They deposited in public granaries all the corn that was to be found in the city, and se. Cured whatever else they thought might be serviceable to them in case of a siege. Cwsar, provoked at these preparations, brought three legions before the town, began to erect towers and galleries, and gave orders for building twelve galleys at Arles, which being finished, launched, and brought to Marseilles, within thirty days from the cutting of the wood they were composed of, he put them under the command of D. Brutus, and having directed the manner of the siege, left the care of it. To C. Trebonius, his lieutenant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.