
Language: English: LoC Class: PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature: Subject: Gaul - History - Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C. Julius Caesar: De Bello Gallico Some of the best prose of the late Republic comes from politicians concerned with enhancing their own position in a world racked by civil conflict. (William Alexander) Title 'De Bello Gallico' and Other Commentaries Contents: The war in Gaul - The civil war. Written for Jacques Donche, counselor of Charles the Bold of Burgundy. De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859: Translator: McDevitte, W. MacDevitte, includes an introduction by Thomas De Quincey, and a biographical afterword. Manuscript on paper (trimmed), with parchment bifolios interspersed, of Julius Caesar, Commentary on the Gallic Wars, translated into French by Jean Duchesne. This edition follows the translation of W. This autobiographical work is both a concise reckoning of forces and an informative wartime narrative, consistently revealing the author as a brilliant military commander and a leader politically unrivaled by his contemporaries. Caesar, perhaps in defense of his expensive and geographically vast wars, explains the methods of his campaigns, from the timing of the seasons to provisioning and defense. In 1581 he published a translation and commentary on Julius Caesars Commentarii de Bello Gallico in Venice, which survives in printings from 1581, 1582 (Vittorio Baldini), and 1585 (Aldo Manuzzio).Commentarii de Bello Gallico in Venice, which survives in printings from 1581, 1582 (Vittorio Baldini), and 1585 (Aldo Manuzzio). Beginning with the Helvetian War in 58 B.C., Caesar uses his exemplary Latin prose to explain how his forces were protecting Provence, and how they were later drawn out in campaigns against the Veneti, the Aquitani, numerous Germanic peoples, the Belgae, the Gauls, and the Bretons. Caesar: The civil wars, with an English translation by A. The second invasion of Britain and rebellion in northern Gaul. Commentarii de bello Gallico Gaius Julius Caesar Commentarii de bello Gallico. Forty five years ago I translated Caesars Commentarii de Bello Gallico for. We will also read a passage from his Commentarii de Bello Gallico(5.44) where Caesar speaks of. Follow the famous tenth legion as they conquer Gaul in one of the best. First published just before the end of the Roman Republic by that legendary country’s most immortalized leader, “The The Gallic War”, also called “Commentarii de Bello Gallico”, is an account of Julius Caesar’s capture of Gaul in the first century. The campaign against the Germans and the first invasion of Britain. Latin text Vocabulary & Commentary English translation.
