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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on The Gallic
War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars,
written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the
battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent
fighting local armies in Gaul that opposed Roman domination. De
Bello Civili (The Civil War), or Bellum Civile, is an account
written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the
Senate. Shorter than its counterpart on the Gallic War, only three
books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the events of 49-48
BC, from shortly before Caesar's invasion of Italy to Pompey's
defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus and flight to Egypt with Caesar
in pursuit. It closes with Pompey assassinated, Caesar attempting
to mediate rival claims to the Egyptian throne, and the beginning
of the Alexandrian War. Gaius Julius Caesar (July 100 BC - 15 March
44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer
of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual
transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the
Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. They
lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the decisive Battle of
Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the
expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul. The wars
paved the way for Julius Caesar to become the sole ruler of the
Roman Republic. Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a
defensive pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars
were fought primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay
off his massive debts. Even so, Gaul was of significant military
importance to the Romans, they had been attacked several times by
native tribes indigenous to Gaul and further north. Conquering Gaul
allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine.
First published just before the end of the Roman Republic by that
legendary country's most immortalized leader, "The Conquest of
Gaul," also called "Commentarii de Bello Gallico," is an account of
Julius Caesar's capture of Gaul in the first century. Beginning
with the Helvetian War in 58 BC, Caesar uses his exemplary Latin
prose to explain how his forces were protecting Provence, and how
they were later drawn out in campaigns against the Veneti, the
Aquitani, numerous Germanic peoples, the Belgae, the Gauls, and the
Bretons. Caesar, perhaps in defense of his expensive and
geographically vast wars, explains the methods of his campaigns,
from the timing of the seasons to provisioning and defense. This
autobiographical work is both a concise reckoning of forces and an
informative wartime narrative, consistently revealing the author as
a politically brilliant commander and an unrivaled man.
Caesar portrayed his invasion of Gaul as being a defensive
pre-emptive action, most historians agree that the wars were fought
primarily to boost Caesar's political career and to pay off his
massive debts. Even so, Gaul was extremely important to Rome, as
they had been attacked many times by the Gauls. Conquering Gaul
allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine.
Caesar painstakingly describes his military campaign, and this is
it is still the most important historical source on the Gaul
campaign. It is also a masterwork of political propaganda, as
Caesar was keenly interested in manipulating his readers in Rome as
he published this book just as the Roman Civil war began. W. A.
Macdevitt's translations brings this land mark historic book alive.
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The Civil War (Paperback)
Julius Caesar, W. A. McDevitte, W. S. Bohn
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Conqueror of Western Europe, emperor of Rome, JULIUS CAESAR (44
B.C.-100 B.C.) is considered one of the keenest political and
military minds of all time, and his commentaries on his own
campaigns rank with Sun-Tzu's The Art of War as required reading
for anyone who wishes to grasp the soldierly skills of tactics and
strategy. In this 1915 edition-MacDevitt's translation is
considered masterful-we are privileged with Caesar's firsthand
accounts of his war in Gaul and his own civil war. Discover... .
how to negotiate a surrender . how to motivate troops in the face
of seemingly insurmountable odds . where to establish a strategic
camp . how to use even poor weather to your best advantage . how to
take advantage of unfavorable ground . and much more.
"De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries (The War Commentaries of
Julius Caesar: The War in Gaul and The Civil War)' is a collection
of war writings by Julius Caesar. Included in this volume are the
first hand recollections of one the most important figures in the
history of human civilization, Julius Caesar. 'The Gallic War
(Books 1-8)' and 'The Civil War (Books 1-3)' as translated by W. A.
Macdevitt are included in this volume.
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