Gnaeus pompeius has gathered the biggest army of the war, some legions, and massed it on top of a formidable ridge. Volume iii consists of alexandrian war, african war, and spanish war, commonly ascribed to caesar. 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. A few comments have been posted about the civil wars.
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. Caesar, perceiving that his men were wounded from all sides, resolved to quit the place and retire. The civil war audiobook by julius caesar, read by robin. The battle of munda was fought in march 45 bc and was the final battle of julius caesar s civil war and allowed him to return to rome to rule as dictator.
His request being granted, he came out of the town, attended by some of domitiuss soldiers, who never left him till they had conducted him into caesar. I found that the author did a very good job of writing a brief and concise history of caesar and those events in a manner that was interesting without leaving out. The civil war is julius caesar s personal account of his war with pompey the greatthe war that destroyed the fivehundredyearold roman republic. Iulius, 10244 bc, statesman and soldier, defied the dictator sulla. The loeb edition introduction to the civil wars sets the stage for this particular. In three short books, caesar describes how, in order to defend his honor and the freedom of. 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. 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. Caesar s civil war caesar s soldiers in 50 bc, the senate, led by pompey, ordered caesar to disband his army and return to rome because his term as governor had finished. When caesar s 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. Julius caesar, holding the election as dictator, was himself appointed consul with publius servilius. The narrative ends after pompeys death, amidst the preliminaries to the alexandrian war that initiated the next phase of.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The battle of mutina took place on 21 april 43 bc between the forces loyal to the senate under consuls gaius vibius pansa and aulus hirtius, supported by the legions of caesar octavian, and the caesarian legions of mark antony which were besieging the troops of decimus brutus. 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 campaign of ilerda and defeat of afranius and petreius. 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. Caesars 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. Where caesars 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 caesars.
Although caesar was greatly outnumbered, his veteran legions. The author abandoned it when he found himself living in a different world than that which saw its commencement. Commentaries on the civil warbook 3 wikisource, the free online. After the conclusion of the war, caesar was informed of these expressions by some persons who were present at the conversation. Julius caesar and pompey the great were two of the greatest generals rome had ever produced. The consuls bring forward a motion on the state of public affairs. Together they had brought vast stretches of territory under roman dominion. The civil wars has been divided into the following sections. Written as a narrative, the book begins with the expiration of caesars term as. 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. The civil war julius caesar oxford university press. In 49 bc they turned against each other and plunged rome into civil war. The end of the civil wars is near, but the battlefield has shifted to spain. Tales of the civil war, from the third book of caesars.
The biggest and possibly the best battle of the war. Book from the collections of unknown library language english. Where caesars 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 caesars mistress, as queen of egypt. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The latter, one of caesar s assassins, held the city of mutina presentday modena in cisalpine gaul. About the fourth watch of the night, lentulus spinther called from the wall to the guard, and desired to be conducted to caesar. I think it needless to say any thing here, in opposition to those. Between pompeys and caesar s camp there was only the river apsus, and the soldiers frequently conversed with each other.
Caesar s civil war with pompeius by caesar, julius. Long, frederick percy, 1868publication date 1906 topics pompey, the great, 10648 b. The loeb classical library edition of caesar is in three volumes. Chapter 27 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. Julius caesars civil war with rom and pompey is well known in books, plays and all media spawning as it did more great days for rome, and the roman empire. Pompey accused caesar of insubordination and treason. Shorter than its counterpart on the gallic war, only three books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the events of 4948 bc. Caesars civil war, the story of the generals contest with the pompeian party through nineteen months of civil war, is an unfinished masterpiece. This edition of the civil war replaces the earlier loeb classical library edition by a.
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. 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. Carters new text of the first two books of caesar s bc caesar s narrative of his first year in civil war is a welcome addition to the caesarian bibliography. The civil wars by julius caesar, part of the internet classics archive. In the loeb classical library edition of caesar, volume i is his gallic war. 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. He attempted, however, by other means to bring about a negotiation of peace. The supplement of dionysius vossius to caesars first book of the civil war. The civil war by julius caesar in epub, fb2, rtf download e book. But as the descent, by which he must retreat, was pretty steep, the pompeians charged him briskly in drawing off, imagining he gave way through fear. While these things were going forward in spain, caius trebonius, caesars lieutenant, who had been left to conduct the assault of.
The internet classics archive the civil wars by julius. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Tales of the civil war, from the third book of caesar s civil war. Julius caesar, commentaries on the civil war, caesars.
I have read a lot about julius caesar and the roman civil war including both fiction and various histories. The internet classics archive the civil wars by julius caesar. 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. Peskett 1914 with new text, translation, introduction, and bibliography. Legion was pitched against legion in a vicious battle for. Julius caesar, commentaries on the civil war william duncan, ed. The supplement of dionysius vossius to caesar s first book of the civil war. 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. 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. Caesar has only eight legions, but theyre his best. The battle of pharsalus was one of the most important in julius caesar s career. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. The title itself is latin for commentaries on the civil war. Caesar therefore thought it time at length to give over the attempt which he had often made in vain, and act with energy in the war.
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