Julius Caesar: War Commentaries.
A Roman, Military History, Ancient History book. the Gauls must all do the same thing that the...
Table of Contents The African War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius)The Alexandrian War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius)The Civil War- Commentaries on the Civil War, Supplement by Dionysius VossiusThe Gallic War (Books 1-7 by Caesar; Book 8 written by Aulus Hirtius)The Spanish War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius) Appendix:Julius Caesar Biography
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The Romans formed a line of mantlets and constructed a siege terrace. When they began to erect a siege tower at some distance, the defenders on the wall at first made abusive remarks and ridiculed the idea of setting up such a huge apparatus so far away. Did those pygmy Romans, they asked, with their feeble hands and muscles, imagine that they could mount such a heavy tower on top of a wall? (All the Gauls are inclined to be contemptuous of our short stature, contrasting it with their own great height.) 31. But when they saw the tower in motion and approaching... Postremo quid esse levius aut turpius, quam auctore hoste de summis rebus capere consilium? Gaius Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul // fortify the bank of the Rhne for a distance of eighteen miles between the Lake of Geneva and the Jura, the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani. This was effected by means of a rampart sixteen feet high with a trench running parallel. He then placed redoubts at intervals along the fortification and garrisoned them with pickets, Gaius Julius Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul //
A classic for many reasons.Caesar is, first of all, a masterful writer. As so many other reviewers have said, the pace is cracking. He offers an adept mix of strategy and tactics discussions, actual battle scenes, politics within his own command, and both military and ethnographic descriptions of the Gauls. His timing in switching from... Trs utile pour le cours d'histoire ! Vous y trouverez le rsum en dtails des campagnes militaires romaines en Gaules, selon Csar. On est galement introduit sur la Gaule et ses habitants, leur mode de fonctionnement, leur religion. Un point de vue Historique et hors du commun relativiser nanmoins. Julio Csar narra los 8 aos de campaas militares para la conquista de las Galias, describe las circunstancias polticas y culturales de los pueblos galos, sus costumbres en la guerra y sus relaciones entre ellos. Es una muestra de la sagaz mente estratgica de Csar para derrotar naciones enteras que le superaban en hombres y conocan mejor...
