The Gallic War Seven Commentaries on The Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary by Aulus Hirtius
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📜8 commentaries in one volume
🗺️Detailed maps & glossary included
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This newly translated edition of The Gallic War compiles seven commentaries by Julius Caesar plus an eighth by Aulus Hirtius, offering a vivid, firsthand account of Roman military campaigns and political strategy. Enhanced with expert introductions, detailed notes, maps, and a glossary, it stands as the definitive Oxford World’s Classics edition, highly rated by readers and essential for anyone seeking deep historical and cultural insight into the end of the Roman Republic.
| Dimensions | 19.46 x 1.52 x 13.08 cm |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Isbn 10 | 0199540268 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0199540266 |
| Item Weight | 227 g |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 320 pages |
| Publication Date | 17 April 2008 |
| Publisher | OUP Oxford |
| Reading Age | 13 years and up |
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One of the most influential ancient sources.
Such an interesting, first-hand account of one Caesars greatest military achievements. Also a great ethnographical account of the Gallic, German and Celtic-British tribes that made up the barbarian world in what the Romans termed oikuomene, the limit of the civilised world. The two landings on the island of Britannia, almost a hundred years before Claudius' invasion, are a wonderful account of the first contact with Britains ancestors. A great and exciting primary literary source!
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Good book
Interesting book package was delivered bang on time no damage to parcel
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Caesar's Gallic War Translation of Seven Commentaries
Very pleased with this purchase. Excellent condition. Arrived swiftly and was as described by the seller.
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Pretty interesting
An easy read, historically interesting but not as explicit with regard to Caesar's tsctics and strategy as i had expected. still, very pleasurable to read and to think that these are the words of the great man himself.
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Arrived quickly and in good condition, as expected
Arrived quickly and in good condition, as expected. My son was given it as part of his birthday present and was well pleased.
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A great insight into history
Fascinating to hear the voice of Caesar from across the ages.I was looking to see what he thought and how he gained the upper hand during his campaigns.Would not like to meet the Roman army head to head!
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Five Stars
Very detailed. Ideal for anyone reasearching French or Gallo Roman history.
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Roman history classic
Excellent as always
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very thoughtable
very thoughtable
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Recomendo!
Livro excelente,pena não ter uma tradução em português.
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Excelente
Excelente
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Marvellous!
Caesar's memoir of his campaigns in Gaul, Britannia, and Germania are exceptional. This is a book I look forward to teaching. He's easily among the greatest historians of the ancient world, and I felt a sense of awe and admiration just from speeding through the written words on the page. His language is clear and mostly precise. His characterization of opposing leaders is really illuminating, especially some of the big villains, such as Vercingetorix. Some of his geography is inaccurate, but I don't feel that it minimizes the effect of the work. The picture of a strategic genius comes through bright and clear. Look forward to reading his account of The Civil War.
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The translation is modern English so it's easy to read
All that I thought it would be and more. The translation is modern English so it's easy to read.
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