The officer still refused to admit him.

Caesar then told him to open the doors, or he would kill him on the spot.

"And you must understand," he added, "that it will be easier for me to do it than it has been to say it." The officer resisted no longer, and Caesar went in.
[Sidenote: Caesar subdues various countries.] [Sidenote: He turns his thoughts to Pompey.] After this, Caesar spent some time in rigorous campaigns in Italy, Spain, Sicily, and Gaul, wherever there was manifested any opposition to his sway.

When this work was accomplished, and all these countries were completely subjected to his dominion, he began to turn his thoughts to the plan of pursuing Pompey across the Adriatic Sea..