{"product_id":"9781607784227","title":"The Gallic War: Commentaries on the Gallic War with an Eighth Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaesar (C. Iulius, 102–44 BCE), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; pushed his way in Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition with Pompey and Crassus; conquered all Gaul for Rome; attacked Britain twice; was forced into civil war; became master of the Roman world; and achieved wide-reaching reforms until his murder. We have his books of \u003ci\u003eCommentarii\u003c\/i\u003e (notes): eight on his wars in Gaul, 58–52 BC, including the two expeditions to Britain 55–54, and three on the civil war of 49–48. They are records of his own campaigns (with occasional digressions) in vigorous, direct, clear, unemotional style and in the third person, the account of the civil war being somewhat more impassioned. There is no rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Caesar is in three volumes. Volume II is his \u003ci\u003eCivil\u003c\/i\u003e Wars. The \u003ci\u003eAlexandrian War,\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eAfrican War,\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSpanish War,\u003c\/i\u003e commonly ascribed to Caesar by our manuscripts but of uncertain authorship, are collected in Volume III.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182027358448,"sku":"9781607784227","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607784227_p0.jpg?v=1763837769","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607784227","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}