`All over Italy men were conscripted & weapons requisitioned. Money was exacted from towns & taken from shrines. All the laws of god & man were overturned.' The Civil War is Caesar's account of the celebrated war between himself & Pompey, from his crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 B.C. to Pompey's death & the start of the Alexandrian War in the autumn of the following year. His unfinished account of the continuing struggle with Pomepy's heirs & followers is completed by the three anonymous accounts of the Alexandrian, African & Spanish Wars, which bring the story down to within a year of his assassination in March 44 B.C. This annotated edition places the war in context, enabling readers to grasp it in detail & as a whole.
Language
English
Pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Release
May 07, 2022
ISBN
0192839233
ISBN 13
9780192839237
The Civil War: With the Anonymous Alexandrian, African and Spanish Wars
`All over Italy men were conscripted & weapons requisitioned. Money was exacted from towns & taken from shrines. All the laws of god & man were overturned.' The Civil War is Caesar's account of the celebrated war between himself & Pompey, from his crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 B.C. to Pompey's death & the start of the Alexandrian War in the autumn of the following year. His unfinished account of the continuing struggle with Pomepy's heirs & followers is completed by the three anonymous accounts of the Alexandrian, African & Spanish Wars, which bring the story down to within a year of his assassination in March 44 B.C. This annotated edition places the war in context, enabling readers to grasp it in detail & as a whole.