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Caesar's Civil War (Paperback)
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Caesar's Civil War (Paperback)
Series: Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature
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Caesar's Civil War is an unfinished masterpiece. It was abandoned
by an author who found himself living in a different world than
that which saw its commencement. A snapshot of the late republic,
it offers a vivid and detailed account of the troubled Roman empire
near the turn to the common era. In it, Caesar recounts his break
with the Senate and general Pompey and narrates the events of the
nineteen months of civil war that followed. It ends after general
Pompey's death, amidst the lead up to the Alexandrian war that
initiated the next phase of the fight for Rome. The work shows the
brilliance for which Caesar's oratory, like his generalship, was
known. The primary topics covered in this introduction to Caesar's
gripping history are the generic background of Caesar's commentarii
or "Notebooks," his criteria for selection of material, the
contemporary context of the civil war, the literary techniques
employed, and the work's characterization and structure. General
aids to the reader include maps to accompany the particular events
discussed, a timeline of the civil war and of Caesar's life,
explanation of technical terms, and a glossary.
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