The Gallic Wars (Loeb Classical Library No. 72)

Caesar, Gaius Julius; Edwards, H. J. (tr)

ISBN 10: 0674990803 / ISBN 13: 9780674990807

Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1917

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Languages: Latin and English facing-page dual text. 2000 reprint. Crisp, clean pages with no owners' marks, though there is a mild tobacco odor; square, secure binding, the full red cloth cover showing only slight inward turns and gentle surface wear at corners; dust jacket shows a small rectangle of adhesive toning on the rear, a few pinpoint scratches on the front, light lines of surface wear at left and right rear, and tiny scuffs and creases at corners and spine ends, otherwise well-kept, now protected in a clear sleeve. 631pp. incl. index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gallic Wars (Loeb Classical Library No. 72)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 1917
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 0674990803
• ISBN 13: 9780674990807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Classical Studies
  • History
  • Military History

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Synopsis

The conquest that begot the Roman Empire.

Caesar (C. Iulius, 102–44 BC), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; entered 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 II is his Civil 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

Henry John Edwards (1869–1923) was Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, Cambridge.