Julius Caesar. The Battle For Gaul.

Hardback Julius Caesar. The Battle For Gaul. This book includes some of the most dramatic accounts ever written by a general about war and the command of troops in the field. Caesar's two landings in Britain: his daring punitive expedition into Germany which involved bridging the Rhine: the destruction of over two hundred enemy war ships off the coast of Brittany; the annihiliation of two Roman legions in an eerie forest ambush; the heroic last stand of Vercingetorix and eighty thousand Gauls in the hilltop fortress of Alesia in central France; all belong to the story of eight years relentless campaignng which, through Caesar's single-minded dedication to the advancement of Rome's supremacy and his own glory, were soon to win him the unchallenged mastery of the Roman world. The text, which follows the original narrative sequence, is complete and incldues the eight and final book by Aulus Hirtus, who served under Caesar on many of his campaigns.Illustrated. Price clipped.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…