The Civil War, 9780140441871
Paperback
Caesar’s war for Rome: ambition, battles, and ultimate power.

The Civil War

Together with the Alexandrian War, the African War, and the Spanish War

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    31 December 1976

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Summary

Caesar’s own account of his struggle with Pompey over leadership of Republican Rome

A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire Roman world, from Gaul and Spain to Asia and Africa.

Where Caesar’s own account leaves off in…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140441871
ISBN-10:0140441875
Author:Julius Caesar
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Edition:1st
Release Date:31 December 1976
Weight:271g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 20mm
Series:Penguin Classics
About The Author

Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100BC into an ancient patrician family. He was imprisoned for a time with his family for protesting against the then leadership of Sulla, but advanced slowly through the sixties rising to the rank of praetor and forming the ‘first triumvirate’ with Pompey and Crassus. Elected consul in 59BC, he then became Governor for Transalpine Gaul. After the death of Crassus and the defeat of Pompey in 45BC, Caesar returned to Rome as dictator. He was assassinated in March 44BC.

Jane Gardner received degrees in Classics from Glasgow and Oxford Universities and was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Reading University. She is the author of, among others, Women in Roman Law and Society and The Roman Household- A Sourcebook.

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