The Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC): Caesar, Pompey, and the Early Campaigns of the Third Roman Civil War by Gareth C Sampson

The Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC): Caesar, Pompey, and the Early Campaigns of the Third Roman Civil War by Gareth C Sampson

Author:Gareth C Sampson [Sampson, Gareth C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, Ancient, Rome
ISBN: 9781526793591
Google: w4NtEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Published: 2022-05-29T18:30:00+00:00


Pompeius, availing himself for the purpose of collecting forces of a whole year which had been free from war and without disturbance from an enemy, had gathered a large fleet from Asia and the Cyclades islands, from Corcyra, Athens, Pontus, Bithynia, Syria, Cilicia, Phoenice, Egypt; had contracted for the building of a large fleet wherever possible; had requisitioned a large sum of money from Asia, Syria, and all the kings, potentates, and tetrarchs, and from the free communities of Achaia; and had compelled the tax-farming associations of the provinces of which he was himself in control to pay over large sums.3



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