“Delectis, ut diximus, antemnis cum singulae binae ac ternae naves circumsteterant, milites summa vi transcendere in hostium naves contendebant”.
Gaius Julius Caesar. (58-52 BC) “C. Lulii Caesaris commentarii rerum gestarum”
“when the yards had been torn down as described, and each ship was surrounded by two or three, the troops strove with the utmost force to climb on to the enemy’s ships”.
Edwards, H. J. (1917) “Caesar - “The Gallic War”
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