[-35-] But the hostile fleet was guarding against this very attempt and none of it came near enough; and as the fire spread to the encircling walls and descended to the flooring, the most terrible of fates confronted them. Some, and particularly the sailors, perished by the smoke before the flame approached them, while others were roasted in the midst of it as though in ovens. Others were cooked in their armor, which became red-hot. There were still others, who, before suffering such a death, or when they were half burned, threw off their armor and were wounded by the men shooting from a distance, or again were choked by leaping into the sea, or were struck by their opponents and drowned, or were mangled by sea-monsters. The only ones to obtain an endurable death, considering the sufferings round about, were such as killed one another or themselves before any calamity befell them. These did not have to submit to torture, and as corpses had the burning ships for their funeral pyre. The Caesarians, who saw this, at first so long as any of the foe were still able to defend themselves would not come near; but when the fire began to consume the ships and the men so far from being able to do any harm to an enemy could not even help themselves, they eagerly sailed up to them to see if they could in any way gain possession of the money, and they endeavored to extinguish the fire which they themselves had caused. As a result many of them also perished in the course of their plundering in the flame. DIO'S ROMAN HISTORY 51 The following is contained in the Fifty-first of Dio's Rome: How Caesar after his victory at Actium transacted business requiring immediate attention (chapters 1-4). About Antony and Cleopatra and their movements after the defeat (chapters 5-8). How Antony, defeated in Egypt, killed himself (chapters 9-14). How Caesar subdued Egypt (chapters 15-18). How Caesar came to Rome and conducted a triumph (chapters 19-21). How the Curia Julia was dedicated (chapter 22). How Moesia was reduced (chapters 23-27). Duration of time the remainder of the consulships of Caesar (3rd) and M. Valerius Corvinus Messala, together with two additional years, in which there were the following magistrates here enumerated: Caesar (IV), M. Licinius M.F. Crassus. (B.C. 30 = a. u. 724.) Caesar (V), Sextus Apuleius Sexti F. (B.C. 29 = a. u. 725.) (_BOOK 51, BOISSEVAIN_.) [B.C. 31 (_a. u_. 723)]