Chapter 1 while these things were going forward in spain, caius trebonius, caesar s lieutenant, who had been left to conduct the assault of massilia, began to raise a mound, vineae, and turrets against the town, on two sides. Legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for political domination of the vast roman world. The civil wars has been divided into the following sections. There are continues desertions to caesar s side, fighting resumes, slow progress. The author abandoned it when he found himself living in a different world than that which saw its commencement.
Answering their call, caesar marched west with several legions, including the veteran x equestris and v alaudae. Carter, 9780856684623, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When caesar inquired of them what states were in arms, how powerful they were, and what they could do, in war, he received the following information. Caesars civil war news newspapers books scholar jstor. Redirected from caesars civil war this article is about the person. After learning of pompeys murder at the hands of egyptian courtiers, caesar stayed long enough to enjoy a. For the play by william shakespeare, see julius caesar play.
I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following commentaries on the civil war were not written by caesar himself. The legion appears to have still been in existence in the 5th century ad. The civil war is caesar s masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival pompey, from the crossing of the rubicon in january 49 b. The epilogue, surviving failure 166171, returns to the thesis of the whole book, which is acknowledged already in chapter 1 2932 but emerges fully in chapter 4 especially 1142. Caesar maintains maximum mobility by not permitting his men to erect tents. Iulius, 10244 bce, statesman and soldier, defied the dictator sulla. The civil war audiobook by julius caesar, read by robin. 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.
This well researched and beautifully written work was the clear winner of the award which focuses on new books written about the transmississippi sector of the civil. This edition provides an edited narrative with appendices to give background to the era. The cognomen gemina twinned was added when the legion was combined with another understrength legion after the battle of actium. Shorter than its counterpart on the gallic war, only three books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the. During the story, the two generals meet at the battle of pharsalus in 48 b. Pompey, either frightened at caesar s works or determined. When caesars dispatch had been handed to the consuls, the tribunes, with difficulty and after much wrangling, gained their permission for it to be read in the senate, but they could not obtain consent for a motion to be brought before the senate on the subject of the dispatch. Caesars civil war, the story of the generals contest with the pompeian party through nineteen months of civil war, is an unfinished masterpiece. In a city overcome by despair, an old veteran presents a lengthy interlude. Shermans 1865 carolinas campaign receives scant attention from most civil war historians, largely because it was overshadowed by the army of northern virginias final battles. Iulius, 10244 bc, statesman and soldier, defied the dictator sulla.
Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. The change from being a familial name to a title adopted by the roman emperors can be dated to about 6869 ad, the socalled year of the four emperors. A few comments have been posted about the civil wars. Julius caesar provides a history of the civil war against pompey and the optimates, describing the events that led up to war and the actions he was required to take to secure victory. The first triumvirate overseers of the last days of the roman republic has disintegrated. Finally on august 2, caesar has cut off the enemy from water, fuel, and food, and they surrender. Grant daniell, commentary on caesars gallic war, ag bg 1.
The cognomen martia victrix martial and victorious was added sequentially. This is a short story about caesars civil war that began in 49 b. It was one of julius caesars key units in gaul and in the civil war, and was the legion with which he famously crossed the rubicon on january 10, 49 bc. I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following commentaries on the civil war were not written by caesar. 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. The internet classics archive the gallic wars by julius caesar. Read caesars civil war 4944 bc by adrian goldsworthy available from rakuten kobo. Between pompeys and caesars camp there was only the river apsus, and. Caesars civil war paperback october 18, 2002 by adrian goldsworthy author 4.
Postcaesarian civil war between the senates army led first by cicero and then by octavian and the army of antony, lepidus, and their colleagues truce results in union of forces. The campaign promises to be a very difficult one, but caesar has several good reasons for pursuing it. Caesar, imagining that the war would be protracted to too great a length, and despairing of his convoys from italy, because all the coasts were guarded with great diligence by pompeys adherents. Caesars chapters are brief, so they fit on one or two screens of my old kindle not much thumb work needed to compare latin and english and check vocab. The poems title is a reference to the battle of pharsalus, which occurred in 48 bc, near pharsalus. The internet classics archive the civil wars by julius caesar. The book does concentrate on the 10th legions early years which is unsurprising and tells the story of roman legionnaires well. The supplement of dionysius vossius to caesars first book of the civil war. The civil warintroduction historical background caesar the man and his aims the civil war and the continuations. It began as a series of political and military confrontations, between julius caesar 10044 bc, his political supporters broadly known as populares, and his legions, against the optimates or boni. The civil war audiobook by julius caesar, read by robin field. It was one of julius caesar s key units in gaul and in the civil war, and was the legion with which he famously crossed the rubicon on january 10, 49 bc. The great roman civil war 4945 bc, also known as caesars civil war, was one of the last.
The internet classics archive the civil wars by julius. His family, the julii, claimed descent from the ancient kings of rome and from the goddess venus. Again, caesar demonstrates great leniency to the soldiers and to their leaders. I think it needless to say any thing here, in opposition to those who pretend, that the following commentaries, concerning the civil war, were not penned by caesar himself. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under roman dominion. In three short books, caesar describes how, in order to defend his honor and the freedom of both himself and the roman people, he marched on rome and defeated the forces of pompey and the. The civil war julius caesar oxford university press. Fort worth civil war round table speakers and events. This business being ended, as credit was beginning to fail in italy, and the debts could not. Caesar s civil war resulted from the long political subversion of the roman governments institutions, begun with the career of tiberius gracchus, continuing with the marian reforms of the legions, the bloody dictatorship of lucius cornelius sulla, and completed by the first triumvirate over rome.
Legio quarta decima gemina the twinned fourteenth legion was a legion of the imperial roman army, levied by julius caesar in 57 bc. Julius caesar and pompey the great were two of the greatest generals rome had ever produced. Between pompeys and caesar s camp there was only the river apsus, and the soldiers frequently conversed with each other. Caesars legion i felt this was an excellent book, extremely well researched and superbly written. The battle of pharsalus was one of the most important in julius caesars career. On the other hand is one of historys greatest and most. May 14, 2018 see how julius caesar defeated pompey and the senate, i am aware there are some bugs and inaccuracies so most likely there will be a second version. Quo male perterriti subito oppidani saxa, quam maxima possunt, vectibus promovent, praecipitataque muro in musculum devolvunt. The civil war is caesars masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival pompey, from the crossing of the rubicon in january 49 b. It derives from the cognomen of julius caesar, the roman dictator. The war was fought by the forces of mark antony and octavian the second triumvirate members against the forces of caesars assassins marcus junius brutus and gaius cassius longinus in 42 bc. The campaign of ilerda and defeat of afranius and petreius. The civil war written by gaius julius caesar and three of his followers recounts the events of the civil war between the caesar and pompey the great, including the latters defeat and the subsequent moppingup of his partisans in egypt, pontus, north africa and spain.
Fought on the 9th of august 48 bc, it was the turning point that gave him victory in romes civil war, taking control of the empire and effectively ending the republican government under which it had been run for hundreds of years. Long, frederick percy, 1868publication date 1906 topics pompey, the great, 10648 b. If 2 % of americans died today that number would be between 67 million people. In caesars threebook civil war we see many continuities with his earlier. Allen and greenoughs new latin grammar for schools and colleges, indirect discourse. The civil wars by julius caesar, part of the internet classics archive. My first encounter, in latin and fiftysome years ago, with caesar s three books and those of his continuators about the roman civil war of 4945 bc left me with the impression that they were a confusion of both personal and place names interspersed among unexplained accounts of marches and countermarches.
See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. C publisher oxford, the clarendon press collection robarts. Fought on the 9th of august 48 bc, it was the turning point that gave him victory in romes civil war, taking control of the empire and effectively ending the republican government under which it. When caesar s works were nearly half finished, and after nine days were spent in them, the ships which had conveyed the first division of the army to dyrrachium being sent back by the consuls, returned to brundusium. The liberators civil war was started by the second triumvirate to avenge julius caesars assassination. The civil war is julius caesars personal account of his war with pompey the greatthe war that destroyed the fivehundredyearold roman republic. It consists of three books covering the events of 4948 bc, from shortly before caesar s invasion of italy to pompeys defeat at the battle of pharsalus and flight to egypt. Pompey, either frightened at caesars works or determined. Legio tertia decima geminia, in english the th twin legion, also known as legio tertia decima gemina, was a legion of the imperial roman army. The narrative ends after pompeys death, amidst the preliminaries to the alexandrian war that initiated the next phase of the fight for. The consuls bring forward a motion on the state of public affairs. The civil war is caesars attempt at an explanation of the war that changed the roman world.
On the civil war, more commonly referred to as the pharsalia, is a roman epic poem written by the poet lucan, detailing the civil war between julius caesar and the forces of the roman senate led by pompey the great. Posted by brewingclassical on september 26, 2016 september 26, 2016. Julius caesar, commentaries on the civil war, caesars. Readings julius caesar and the fall of the roman republic. In 49 bc they turned against each other and plunged rome into civil war. Gaius julius caesar july 100 bc 15 march 44 bc was a military commander, politician and author at the end of the roman republic. Award in civil war history for his book iowa in the civil war. The process of the crisis without alternative, caesars right to the civil war, his greatness. The great roman civil war 4945 bc, also known as caesars civil war, was one of the last politicomilitary conflicts in the roman republic before the establishment of the roman empire.
Mar 17, 2017 outnumbered, caesar s generals in the region, quintus fabius maximus and quintus pedius, elected to avoid battle and requested assistance from rome. This business being ended, as credit was beginning to fail in italy, and the debts could not be paid, he. Even without the authority of suetonius, the diction itself would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that caesar and no other was the author. Ictum firmitas materiae sustinet, et quidquid incidit, fastigio musculi elabitur. He attempted, however, by other means to bring about a negotiation of peace. Caesar s civil war with pompeius by caesar, julius. Latin and english cannot be viewed sidebyside but this encouraged me to struggle with the latin, before. When caesars works were nearly half finished, and after nine days were spent in them, the ships which had conveyed the first division of the army to dyrrachium being sent back by the consuls, returned to brundusium. Caesar rapidly carved out an impressive political career, forging an alliance with pompey and crassus in 60 bc.
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