Caesar: Gallic War I

by Gaius Julius Caesar

Book Overview

Book I of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War starts with an account of Gaul and goes on to cover Caesar's defeat of first the Helvetians and then the Germans under Ariovistus. The Introduction to this edition of the Latin text, first published in 1957, gives background information on the Rome of Caesar's time, on Caesar himself and on the composition and reliability of his commentaries, on Gaul, and on the Roman Army. Useful maps are provided,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862921775
• ISBN13: 9780862921774
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Concerning the Gallic War

This book is very well put together and it seems like there is alot of reading but only about 40-45 pages of the book are in Latin. The glossary at the back is very helpful especially because there are words which weren't taught in first year Latin. The notes are helpful except when there is a difficult passage in the text and it looks like Ewan will translate it but he just gives very vague hints at what it might mean. Other than that, I recommend this book for reading Latin and it even has a map of the time period in the front of the book.

Caesar's tale on his invasion of Gaul

Basic text. Makes for some interesting war tactics. Considering how Caesar loved to play propaganda, it makes one wonder how much is near what truly happened. **Recommend for entertaining reading of early Romanempire--Sci-Fi novel called Damsel in the Rough. It's afirst-person take on events after Caesar's death by a womanfrom Brooklyn.