Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Background to war: Building an empire; Warring sides: Discipline vs. spectacle; Outbreak: The migration of the Helvetii; The fighting: Invasion, siege and conquest; Portrait of a soldier: Caesar's centurions; The world around war: The impact of the c
Caesar's Gallic Wars 58-50 BC
β Scribed by K. M. Gilliver
- Publisher
- Osprey
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 94
- Series
- Essential Histories 043
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Drawing on Caesar's own writings, this book offers an eye-witness account of the Gallic Wars in the context of the collapse of the Roman republic and its descent into civil war. Caesar's bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the province of Gaul - modern France.
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Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France).<br />Caesar's commentaries on his Gallic Wars provide us with the most deta
Drawing on Caesar's own writings, this book offers an eye-witness account of the Gallic Wars in the context of the collapse of the Roman republic and its descent into civil war. Caesar's bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the province of Gaul - modern France.
Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France). Caesarβs commentaries on his Gallic Wars provide us with the most detailed
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Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France).