Gallic War
$91.36
- Hardcover
624 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2025
Summary
The conquest that begot the Roman Empire.
Caesar (C. Iulius, 102-44 BC), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; entered Roman politics as a “democrat” against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition with Pompey and Crassus; conquered all Gaul for Rome; attacked Britain twice; was forced into civil war; became master of the Roman world; and achieved wide-reaching reforms until his murder. W…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674997745 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0674997743 |
| Author: | Caesar, Cynthia Damon |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 108mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
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This will become a go-to edition of a book that Latin students everywhere have been cutting their teeth on for generations… Like Caesar’s Latin, Damon’s English is blunt and unembellished… After making known her objections to the source material, she does the most important thing of all for a translator: she gets out of the way.–Spencer A. Klavan “Claremont Review of Books” (12/1/2025 12:00:00 AM)
About The Author
Caesar
Cynthia Damon is Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita, at the University of Pennsylvania.
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