The Gallic Wars

Conquering Gaul was a challenge, even for a general as able as Julius Caesar. Writing about it in just the right way, so as to persuade a divided Roman people that he was the leader Rome needed, was a challenge of its own. But if ever there was a man who welcomed a challenge, that man was Julius Cae......more

The Gauls never got much attention in any of my world history classes - Mostly just an obstacle for JC in his adventures around the empire. I always thought this unfair and a bit unkind, especially since they are my ancestors, my kinfolk. The Gauls were wildly successful and prolific by most standar......more

I was only slightly disappointed that this book was written in the third person, and aside from my discontented expectation to be reading Julius Caesar in the first person this history was completely engrossing. Most fascinating (to me at least) was the ethnographic aspect concerning Gallic peoples,......more

Nothing better represents Caesar's understanding of how to play upon the hopes and joys of man than the fact that he was able to turn a few hundred pages of troop movements into a thoughtful, engrossing narrative. We read not only Caesar's thoughts and intentions in the work, but also gain an invalu......more

A representative instance of classical rhetoric, an outstanding piece of fear-mongering propaganda, an antic textbook case on how to sell a war. ---------- Un travail de propagande remarquable, très instructif sur l'art de vendre une guerre.......more