Shorter than its counterpart on the gallic war, only three books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the events of 4948 bc, from shortly before caesars invasion of italy to pompeys defeat at the battle of pharsalus and. In it caesar descrives the battles an intrigues that teuk place in the nine years he spent fechtin local airmies in gaul that opponed roman domination. His rebus confectis, cum fides tota italia esset angustior neque creditae pecuniae solverentur, constituit, ut arbitri darentur. Although gettys 1940 commentary on book 1 is still useful, we must be very grateful to paul roche for this new commentary. Trebonius legatus, qui ad oppugnationem massiliae relictus erat, duabus ex partibus aggerem, vineas turresque ad oppidum agere instituit. Shorter than its counterpart on the gallic war, only three books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the events of 4948. After his consulship he was chosen to be governor of cisalpine gaul, illyricum, and transalpine gaul. Commentaries on the gallic war is julius caesars firsthand account of the gallic wars, written as a caesar. This work also includes caesars other commentaries and works latter attributed to hirtius. Originale latino 1 erat crastinus evocatus in exercitu caesaris, qui superiore anno apud eum primum pilum in legione x.
The oldest manuscript in this class is ms paris lat. I consoli presentano una relazione sulla situazione dello stato. Qua re impetrata montem opere circummunire instituit. This classic edition remains an extremely serviceable introduction, designed with the. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Labienum, legatum pro praetore, cum duabus legionibus et iis ducibus qui iter cognoverant summum iugum montis ascendere iubet. It is a good time for lucan, with five books appearing on him in 2010 and 2011 alone. Bohns work entitled caesars commentaries on the gallic and civil wars. Caesar etsi ad spem conficiendi negotii maxime probabat coactis navibus mare transire et. Commentaries on the gallic war, also simply bellum gallicum english. Such extensive political responsibilities came with the command initially of four legions, probably between 15,000 and 20,000 heavy infantry. Including the alexandrian, african and spanish wars.
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