When they had all crossed over, Timoleon took them and at once occupied Messana,
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Notes :
We assume the city was guarded by enemy mercenaries and that Timoleon probably was not able to occupy the city without some violence.