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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... walls , and they begin to throw stones in the direction of the wall . When the wall has lost all its defenders , they form a ' tortoise ' , * come in close , and undermine the wall . On this occasion the task was easy : for when such a ...
... walls , and they begin to throw stones in the direction of the wall . When the wall has lost all its defenders , they form a ' tortoise ' , * come in close , and undermine the wall . On this occasion the task was easy : for when such a ...
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... walls of the town . * ( 23 ) All Gallic walls follow virtually the same pattern . At right angles to the wall , along its entire length , beams are placed in the ground at equal intervals , two feet apart . These are secured firmly from ...
... walls of the town . * ( 23 ) All Gallic walls follow virtually the same pattern . At right angles to the wall , along its entire length , beams are placed in the ground at equal intervals , two feet apart . These are secured firmly from ...
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... wall , and gave his soldiers the signal . They rushed out from every side and quickly occupied the wall . ( 28 ) This unexpected action panicked the enemy . They were forced down from their wall and towers , and made a stand in close ...
... wall , and gave his soldiers the signal . They rushed out from every side and quickly occupied the wall . ( 28 ) This unexpected action panicked the enemy . They were forced down from their wall and towers , and made a stand in close ...
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List of Illustrations | x |
Select Bibliography | xliv |
Explanatory Notes | 223 |
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