The Gallic Wars

by Caesar, Gaius; Rospond, Vincent W.

• ISBN13: 9780615723280
• ISBN10: 0615723284
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-07
• Publisher: Winged Hussar Pub Llc

Summary

The most powerful army of the most powerful nation of the time is engaged in a long-running war against a less sophisticated enemy who continue to ambush them in their bases. The stories of Caesar's wars in Gaul are a story of power, influence and redemption. Written over 2,000 years they provide a small window on the ancient world and warfare.This edition of the Gallic Wars is annotated and illustrated edition of Caesar's history of the conquest of Gaul and Britain. Based on Edward Books translation of Caesar, but edited to make the language cleaner, crisper and easy to follow. The annotations, appendixes and illustrations will bring the focus of this work back onto what it originally was - a military history of Caesar's campaign at the edge of the Republic that was Rome.

Author Biography

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.Much of Caesar's life is known from his own accounts of his military campaigns, and from other contemporary sources, mainly the letters and speeches of Cicero and the historical writings of Sallust. The later biographies of Caesar by Suetonius and Plutarch are also major sources. His Commentaries on the Gallic Wars is one of two of his writings that have come down to us in modern times.