33.
After Caninius had rapidly marched to this place, and perceived that
all parts of the town were secured by very craggy rocks, which it would be
difficult for men in arms to climb even if they met with no resistance; and
moreover, observing that the town's people were possessed of effects, to a
considerable amount, and that if they attempted to convey them away in a
clandestine manner, they could not escape our horse, or even our legions; he
divided his forces into three parts, and pitched three camps on very high
ground, with the intention of drawing lines round the town by degrees, as his
forces could bear the fatigue.
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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