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The War for Gaul: A New Translation - Softcover

Caesar, Julius

 
9780691216690: The War for Gaul: A New Translation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 069121669X ISBN 13: 9780691216690
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2021

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<p><b>A translation that captures the power of one of the greatest war stories ever told—Julius Caesar’s account of his brutal campaign to conquer Gaul</b><br><br>Imagine a book about an unnecessary war written by the ruthless general of an occupying army—a vivid and dramatic propaganda piece that forces the reader to identify with the conquerors and that is designed, like the war itself, to fuel the limitless political ambitions of the author. Could such a campaign autobiography ever be a great work of literature—perhaps even one of the greatest? It would be easy to think not, but such a book exists—and it helped make Julius Caesar a legend. This remarkable translation of Caesar’s <i>War for Gaul</i> captures, like never before in English, the powerfully concise style of the future emperor’s dispatches from the front lines in what are today France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.</p>

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

<b>James J. O’Donnell</b> is professor of history, philosophy, and religious studies and University Librarian at Arizona State University. His books include <i>Pagans</i>, <i>The Ruin of the Roman Empire</i>, and <i>Augustine: A New Biography</i>.

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
069121669X
ISBN 13 
9780691216690
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
274
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