Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words

by Andrew M. Riggsby

Book Overview

Winner, AAP/PSP Award for Excellence, Classics and Ancient History, 2006

Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Latin knows "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres" ("All Gaul is divided into three parts"), the opening line of De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar's famous commentary on his campaigns against the Gauls in the 50s BC. But what did Caesar intend to accomplish by writing and publishing his commentaries, how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292726171
• ISBN13: 9780292726178
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"