
Caesar's Civil War
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 30. November 2006
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-516510-4 (ISBN)
Description
Caesar's Civil War is an unfinished masterpiece. It was abandoned by an author who found himself living in a different world than that which saw its commencement. A snapshot of the late republic, it offers a vivid and detailed account of the troubled Roman empire near the turn to the common era. In it, Caesar recounts his break with the Senate and general Pompey and narrates the events of the nineteen months of civil war that followed. It ends after general Pompey's death, amidst the lead up to the Alexandrian war that initiated the next phase of the fight for Rome. The work shows the brilliance for which Caesar's oratory, like his generalship, was known. The primary topics covered in this introduction to Caesar's gripping history are the generic background of Caesar's commentarii or "Notebooks," his criteria for selection of material, the contemporary context of the civil war, the literary techniques employed, and the work's characterization and structure. General aids to the reader include maps to accompany the particular events discussed, a timeline of the civil war and of Caesar's life, explanation of technical terms, and a glossary.
Reviews / Votes
William W. Batstone and Cynthia Damon have put Caesar's writings back on the map with Caesar's Civil War, showing how odd it is that Caesar's writing are consigned to Beginner's Latin when he is on everyone's short list of three smartest Romans. * Denis Feeney, Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 line illus
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-516510-4 (9780195165104)
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Caesar's Civil War
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Persons
Author
Associate Professor in the Department of Greek and LatinAssociate Professor in the Department of Greek and Latin, Ohio State University
Associate Professor in the Department of ClassicsAssociate Professor in the Department of Classics, Amherst College
Content
Editors' Foreword Preliminary Note Introduction 1: Choices: Genre, Content, Style 2: Structure as Argument in Civil War 3: Taking Sides, Making Sides 4: Mastering Victory 5: Writing Fighting War Epilogue: Surviving Failure