The Veneti tribe had the most impressive fleets of all of the tribes of Gaul, crewed by men who knew both their ships and the coastline. It was this knowledge, together with the fact that their strongholds became islands when the tide was right, that allowed them to repeatedly break Roman sieges. The Romans erected siege works and prepared to attack; meanwhile the Veneti would be using their fleet to evacuate all their people, moving them to the safety of another coastal stronghold. It wasn’t until Caesar insisted on the creation of a more powerful Roman fleet that the Veneti were forced to submit to Roman rule.
