The inhabitants of Marseilles being under great obligations to Pompey,
were not willing to open their gates to Cæsar. Irritated by this
affront, Cæsar laid siege to their city. It was long, because that
great general did not at first conduct it in person; but as soon as he
presented himself before the place, it surrendered. The conqueror was
satisfied with disarming the citizens, and ordering them to bring to
him all the money in the public treasury.