Caesar: Gallic War I

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, along with Notes on the text, Index of names, and a Vocabulary.>

Product details

• Authors: Julius Caesar
• Assisted by: Colin Ewan (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780862921774
• ISBN: 978-0-86292-177-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 226 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Latin Texts
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary essays, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval