In 1912 a young scholar published a slim volume investigating
the social structure of the late Roman Republic, which was in due
course to transform the study of Roman history. The author,
Professor Gelzer, went on to hold the Chair of Ancient History at
Frankfurt and to become the greatest German-speaking historian of
the Roman Republic since Mommsen. In 1921 he published his
"Caesar," which has by now gone through six editions in Germany and
is still the standard account, in any language, of Caesar and his
age. It amply fulfills the author's intent "to give the educated
public a lively picture of the complete political career of one of
the great statesmen of the past."
Based on a conscientious evaluation of the abundant source
materials primarily the writings of Caesar and his contemporaries
Professor Gelzer's portrait renders Caesar in heroic proportions,
destined and determined from the beginning to overthrow a corrupt
aristocracy. The sixth edition (1960), brought up to date and
provided with full annotations by the author, is the basis of this
translation, which for the first time makes the work available in
English.
With Professor Gelzer's approval, some minor errors have been
corrected, both in the text and in the chronological table and the
map at the end of the book, and an analytical index of names has
been added.
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