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Now although the place where he built was greatly opposite to his
purposes, yet did he so fully struggle with that difficulty, that the firmness
of his building could not easily be conquered by the sea; and the beauty
and ornament of the works were such, as though he had not had any difficulty
in the operation; for when he had measured out as large a space as we have
before mentioned, he let down stones into twenty fathom water, the greatest
part of which were fifty feet in length, and nine in depth, and ten in
breadth, and some still larger. But when the haven was filled up to that
depth, he enlarged that wall which was thus already extant above the sea,
till it was two hundred feet wide; one hundred of which had buildings before
it, in order to break the force of the waves, whence it was called Procumatia,
or the first breaker of the waves; but the rest of the space was under
a stone wall that ran round it. On this wall were very large towers, the
principal and most beautiful of which was called Drusium, from Drusus,
who was son-in-law to Caesar.
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