GALLIC WARS, THE

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Gaius Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic Wars, edited and annotated to explain the politics and armies of all combatants. Includes seven known books of Caesar's conquest of Gaul, plus the eighth book attributed to Aulus Hirtius, a Roman General who supposedly lived at the same time as Caesar. Interspersed are numerous maps detailing the area described in each chapter and antique illustrations of incidents described or equipment used.

Seven appendices that provide additional information about topics and people described in the narrative. These include: The Roman Army, Roman Politics, The Gauls, Germans, and Britains, A listing of all the tribes mentioned in the text and their location, Short biographies of the people mentioned, Cities and Geography, and a short section on Terms, Titles and Miscellenia.

Gaius Julius Caesar (July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Much of Caesar's life is known from his own accounts of his military campaigns, and from other contemporary sources, mainly the letters and speeches of Cicero and the historical writings of Sallust. The later biographies of Caesar by Suetonius and Plutarch are also major sources. His Commentaries on the Gallic Wars is one of two of his writings that have come down to us in modern times.