The Complete Works of Julius Caesar

Gallic War Campaigns, Civil War, and Political Rhetoric in Late Republican RomeBy Julius Caesar
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The Complete Works of Julius Caesar gathers the surviving writings associated with Rome's most consequential statesman, above all the Commentarii de Bello Gallico and Commentarii de Bello Civili, alongside fragments, letters, speeches, and works traditionally connected with his name. Written in lucid, economical prose, these narratives present military operations, political crises, and encounters with foreign peoples through a style that combines apparent factual restraint with deliberate self-fashioning. Their third-person narration, orderly structure, and controlled understatement make the books foundational examples of Latin historiography and political autobiography, even as their claims to objectivity invite critical scrutiny. The collection also illuminates the literary culture of the late Roman Republic and the ideological uses of historical narrative. Caesar (100–44 BCE) wrote amid the violent disintegration of republican norms, when military command, popular politics, aristocratic rivalry, and imperial expansion were inseparable. His accounts emerged from campaigns in Gaul and the civil war against Pompey, serving both practical and rhetorical purposes: informing Roman audiences, defending controversial decisions, and shaping his public image as a disciplined commander acting for Rome's welfare. His education, political ambition, and direct experience of conquest profoundly inform the precision and confidence of his prose. This volume is essential for readers of classical literature, Roman history, military studies, and political thought. It rewards close attention both as an extraordinary historical source and as a sophisticated exercise in persuasion. Read critically, it reveals how power narrates itself—and why Caesar's voice remains central to the study of empire, leadership, and the collapse of republican government.

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GenreHistory
Length61 hrs 45 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 13, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron Age (Annotated)
2The Complete Works of Julius Caesar
3Major Works
4The Gallic War (pt. 1)
5The Gallic War (pt. 2)
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6The Gallic War (pt. 3)
7The Gallic War (pt. 4)
8The Civil War (pt. 1)
9The Civil War (pt. 2)
10The Civil War (pt. 3)
11The Alexandrian War
12The African War
13The Spanish War
14Other Works
15Fragment of Eulogy for Aunt Julia
16Fragments of Poetry
17Latin Texts
18Commentarii de Bello Gallico
19Liber I
20Liber II
21Liber III
22Liber IV
23Liber V
24Liber VI
25Liber VII
26Liber VIII
27Commentarii de Bello Civili
28Liber I
29Liber II
30Liber III
31De Bello Alexandrino
32De Bello Africo
33De Bello Hispaniensi
34Carminum fragmenta
35Anticatonum
36De analogia
37Orationum fragmenta
38Epistulae fragmenta
39Biographies
40Julius Caesar (Suetonius)
41The Life of Caesar (Plutarch) (pt. 1)
42The Life of Caesar (Plutarch) (pt. 2)
43History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 1)
44History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 2)
45History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 3)
46History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 4)
47History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 5)
48History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 6)
49History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 7)
50History of Rome in the Time of Caesar (pt. 8)

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