Seven Commentaries on the Gallic WarOxford University Press, 1996 - 260 páginas Gaius Julius Caesar (?100-44 BC) was born into the senatorial aristocracy which controlled the operations of the Roman empire. Always a supporter of popular measures in the politics of the city, he became consul in 59 with the support of Pompey ('the Great'), but the alliance did not last, and the two men became first political and then military rivals. A ten-year proconsular command in the Roman province of Gaul brought him immense wealth as well as control of a huge and devoted army, both of which factors in 49 BC enabled him to challenge Pompey for supremacy at Rome. The civil war which resulted left him, after Pompey's defeat at Pharsalus and death in Egypt, in sole control of Rome's affairs; the perpetual dictatorship and extraordinary honours which followed marked a shift in the structures of Roman politics which, despite his assassination on the Ides of March 44, was to prove permanent, and which played its part in the change from Republic to Principate. The accounts which he wrote of his campaigns against the peoples of Gaul, Britain, and Germany (The Gallic War) and against Pompey (The Civil War) have been valued for centuries as classics of military practice and literary excellence. |
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... given to Gauls , with an em- phasis on barbarity and deception . It is worth remembering that the longest direct speech in the Commentaries is given by Caesar to the Arvernian Critognatus , and advocates can- nibalism ( GW 7.77 ) ; and ...
... given to Gauls , with an em- phasis on barbarity and deception . It is worth remembering that the longest direct speech in the Commentaries is given by Caesar to the Arvernian Critognatus , and advocates can- nibalism ( GW 7.77 ) ; and ...
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... given in English miles , not Latin milia passuum . Times ( e.g. ' at the end of the third watch ' ) have usually been translated literally and a note of explanation given , because Roman hours change in length according to the season ...
... given in English miles , not Latin milia passuum . Times ( e.g. ' at the end of the third watch ' ) have usually been translated literally and a note of explanation given , because Roman hours change in length according to the season ...
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... given command of a legion ) what he wanted done . In particular he warned them to keep their soldiers under control and prevent them advancing too far in an eagerness to fight or in hope of booty ; he also set out the disadvantage of ...
... given command of a legion ) what he wanted done . In particular he warned them to keep their soldiers under control and prevent them advancing too far in an eagerness to fight or in hope of booty ; he also set out the disadvantage of ...
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List of Illustrations | x |
Select Bibliography | xliv |
Explanatory Notes | 223 |
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