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The Gallic Wars
ISBN
9781627933896
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
27-03-2014
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Start Publishing LLC
Auteur(s)
Julius Caesar

The Gallic Wars

Julius Caesar
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€2,23
  • Caesar
  • portrayed
  • his
  • invasion
  • of
  • Gaul
  • as
  • being
  • a
  • defensive
  • pre-emptive
  • action,
  • most
  • historians
  • agree
  • that
  • the
  • wars
  • were
  • fought
  • primarily
  • to
  • boost
  • Caesar's
  • political
  • career
  • and
  • to
  • pay
  • off
  • his
  • massive
  • debts.
  • Even
  • so,
  • Gaul
  • was
  • extremely
  • important
  • to
  • Rome,
  • as
  • they
  • had
  • been
  • attacked
  • many
  • times
  • by
  • the
  • Gauls.
  • Conquering
  • Gaul
  • allowed
  • Rome
  • to
  • secure
  • the
  • natural
  • border
  • of
  • the
  • river
  • Rhine.
  • Caesar
  • painstakingly
  • describes
  • his
  • military
  • campaign,
  • and
  • this
  • is
  • it
  • is
  • still
  • the
  • most
  • important
  • historical
  • source
  • on
  • the
  • Gaul
  • campaign.
  • It
  • is
  • also
  • a
  • masterwork
  • of
  • political
  • propaganda,
  • as
  • Caesar
  • was
  • keenly
  • interested
  • in
  • manipulating
  • his
  • readers
  • in
  • Rome
  • as
  • he
  • published
  • this
  • book
  • just
  • as
  • the
  • Roman
  • Civil
  • war
  • began.
  • W.
  • A.
  • Macdevitt's
  • translations
  • brings
  • this
  • land
  • mark
  • historic
  • book alive.
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