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The Commentaries of Julius Caesar
by Gaius Julius Caesar
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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on
the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of
the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In
it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took
place in the nine years he spent fighting local armies in
Gaul that opposed Roman domination.
The "Gaul" that Caesar refers to is sometimes all of Gaul
except for the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis
(modern day Provence), encompassing the rest of modern
France, Belgium and some of Switzerland. On other
occasions, he refers only to that territory inhabited by
the Celtic peoples known to the Romans as Gauls, from the
English Channel to Lugdunum (Lyon).
The work has been a mainstay in Latin instruction because
of its simple, direct prose. It begins with the
frequently quoted phrase "Gallia est omnis divisa in
partes tres", sometimes quoted as "Omnia Gallia in tres
partes divisa est", meaning "All of Gaul is divided into
three parts". The full work is split into eight sections,
Book 1 to Book 8, each varying in size from approximately
5,000 to 15,000 words. Book 8 was written by Aulus
Hirtius, after Caesar's death.
Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil
War), or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius
Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Senate.
Shorter than its counterpart on the Gallic War, only
three books long, and possibly unfinished, it covers the
events of 49-48 BC, from shortly before Caesar's invasion
of Italy to Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus
and flight to Egypt with Caesar in pursuit. It closes
with Pompey assassinated, Caesar attempting to mediate
rival claims to the Egyptian throne, and the beginning of
the Alexandrian War.
Caesar's authorship of the Commentarii de Bello Civili is
not disputed. However, its continuations on the
Alexandrian, African and Hispanic wars are believed to
have been written by others: the 2nd century historian
Suetonius suggested Aulus Hirtius and Gaius Oppius as
possible authors.
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