Civil Wars (Loeb Classical Library No. 39)

Caesar, Gaius Julius; Peskett, A. G. (tr)

ISBN 10: 0674990439 / ISBN 13: 9780674990432

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1914

About this Item

Languages: Latin and English facing-page dual text. 1990 reprint. Crisp, clean pages with no owners' marks, though with a tobacco odor; square, secure binding, the full red cloth cover showing only very minimal shelfwear at corners; dust jacket shows two pinpoint scratches on the spine and mild corner wear as well as gentle age-toning along the spine, otherwise well-kept, now protected in a clear sleeve. 370pp. incl. index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Civil Wars (Loeb Classical Library No. 39)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1914
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674990439
• ISBN 13: 9780674990432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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  • Classical Studies
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Synopsis

Caesar (C. Iulius, 102–44 BCE), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; pushed his way in Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition with Pompey and Crassus; conquered all Gaul for Rome; attacked Britain twice; was forced into civil war; became master of the Roman world; and achieved wide-reaching reforms until his murder. We have his books of Commentarii (notes): eight on his wars in Gaul, 58–52 BC, including the two expeditions to Britain 55–54, and three on the civil war of 49–48. They are records of his own campaigns (with occasional digressions) in vigorous, direct, clear, unemotional style and in the third person, the account of the civil war being somewhat more impassioned.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Caesar is in three volumes. Volume I is his Gallic War. The Alexandrian War, the African War and the Spanish War, commonly ascribed to Caesar by our manuscripts but of uncertain authorship, are collected in Volume III.

About the Author

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100BC into an ancient patrician family. He was imprisoned for a time with his familly, for protesting against the then leadership of Sulla, but advanced slowly through the sixties rising to the rank of praetor and forming the 'first triumvirate' with Pompey and Crassus. Elected consul in 59BC, he then became Governor for Transalpine Gaul. After the death of Crassus and the defeat of Pompey in 45BC, Caesar returned to Rome as dictator. He was assassinated in March 44BC.

Jane Gardner received degrees in Classics from Glasgow and Oxford Universities and was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Reading University. She is the author of, among others, Women in Roman Law and Society and The Roman Household: A Sourcebook.