Julius Caesar : The Civil War Book III

Carter, J. M. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0856685836 / ISBN 13: 9780856685835

Published by Liverpool University Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Julius Caesar : The Civil War Book III
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856685836
• ISBN 13: 9780856685835
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the third and final book which he wrote about his campaigns in the Civil War, Julius Caesar tells the story of his fight with Pompey in 48 B.C. which ended in the rout of the latter at Pharsalus, perhaps Caesar's most notable military victory. The book ends with Caesar pursuing Pompey to Egypt. Here began Caesar's celebrated affair with Cleopatra. At this point the book, and the whole work, ends abruptly. J. M. Carter’s edition and commentary on Caesar's The Civil War Books I–III is the first complete commentary in English for a hundred years and is considerably more detailed than currently available annotated texts and translations in other languages. The main emphasis of the commentary is historical, but Caesar's literary technique is also scrutinised. The Latin text is newly constituted with a brief apparatus criticus. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

About the Author

John Carter retired from a Senior Lectureship at Royal Holloway, University of London in 1992. His most recent translation is the Greek historian Appian's account of the Roman Civil Wars (1996).