Capitolo 93
you/he/she had been a continuous rivalry and the jealousy between Ganymede and he,
the eunuch that had accompanied Arsinoe in his/her flight. Two parties had
is formed in the army, some that declare for Achillas and some for
Ganymede. Defended Arsinoe the affairs of Ganymede, and when, for a long time,
the fleet was it burned, she debited Achillas with having been, from his
the negligence or the incapability, the cause of the loss. Achillas was tried,
convict, and it beheaded. Since then Ganymede supposed the
administration of the government of Arsinoe as his/her minister of state and the
supreme commander of his/her armies.
Around the duration that these events took place the Egyptian army,
advanced in those parts of the city from which Caesar had withdrawn,
producing those terrible scenes of panic and confusion that always
frequent a sudden and violent change of military possession among the
enclosures of a city. Ganymede brought on his/her troops on every side to the
walls of the citadels of Caesar and intrenchments, and it hemmed him from near in.
He stopped all the avenues of approach to the lines of earth Caesar, and
vigorous preparations and you start for an assault. He built motor
to beat down the walls. He opened shops and established it imitates in
every part of the city for the product of darts, lances, spites and
some the son-in-laws of military apparatus. He built towers sustained on enormous
wheels, with the sketch to fill them with armed men when finally
ready to make his/her assault on the lines of Caesar, and transporting above them to the
walls of the citadels and buildings, as to give to his/her soldiers the
advantage of a tall elevation in to make their attacks. He imposed
contributions on the rich citizens for the necessary funds, and provided that
him with men pressing all the artisans, workers and able men
of arm that brings in his/her service. He sent again messengers in the
inside of the country, in every direction summoning the people to
arm, and sending to call contributions of money and military shops.
These messengers were educated to exhort on the people that, unless