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 48 BC, his lieutenants take up the history,
describing the vital battles of Munda, Spain and Thapsus, and the
installation of Cleopatra, later Caesar''s mistress, as Queen of
Egypt. Together these narratives paint a full picture of the events
that brought Caesar supreme power - and paved the way for his
assassination only months later.
關於作者:
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100BC into an ancient
patrician family. He was imprisoned for a time with his familly,
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.
目錄:
INTRODUCTION
Historical background
Caesar - the man and his aims
The Civil War and the continuations
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
TRANSLATOR''S NOTE
CAESAR: THE CIVIL WAR
PART I: THE STRUGGLE BEGINS
1. Intransigence at Rome
2. Caesar reacts
3. The siege of Corfinium
4. Pompey leaves Italy
5. Caesar''s Senate
6. Resistance at Massilia
7. The first Spanish campaign - Ilerda
8. A naval fight at Massilia
9. Spain - a war of attrition
10. The Pompeians capitulate
PART II: SECURING THE WEST
1. The Siege of Massilia
2. Spain - the surrender of Varro
3. Massilia capitulates
4. Africa - Curio''s campaign
5. Curio''s last stand
PART III: THE GREAT CONFRONTATION
1. Caesar in Italy- Pompey''s preparations
2. Negotiations in Epirus
3. Trouble in Italy
4. Antony runs the gauntlet
5. The lieutenants in Macedon
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