Download or read book Napoleon s Commentaries on the Wars of Julius Caesar written by and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While in exile on St Helena, Napoleon dictated a commentary on the wars of Julius Caesar, later published in 1836. In each chapter he summarized the events of one campaign, then added comments from the standpoint of his own military knowledge. Over the nearly two millennia between Caesar and Napoleon some aspects of warfare had changed, notably the introduction of firearms. But much remained the same: the rate of movement of armies (at the foot pace of horse or man); human muscle power as the main source of energy for construction work; some military techniques, notably bridge construction; as well as the actual territory fought over by Caesar and later by Napoleon. Napoleons commentary thus provides a fascinating and highly authoritative insight into Caesars wars, as well as providing a window into Napoleons own thinking and attitudes. Napoleon in places detects mistakes on the part of Caesar and his enemies, and says what they should have done differently. Remarkably, this is thought to be the first full English translation of Napoleon's work.Napoleon Bonaparte was born to an obscure Corsican family but rose through the ranks of the French army to become Emperor of France, conqueror of most of Europe and acknowledged military genius. He wrote this book while in exile on St Helena.The translator. RA Maguire, is a former civil engineer with a long-standing interest in military and ancient history.
Download or read book The Conquest of Gaul written by Julius Caesar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1983-02-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enemy were overpowered and took to flight. The Romans pursued as far as their strength enabled them to run' Between 58 and 50 BC Julius Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and invaded Britain twice, and The Conquest of Gaul is his record of these campaigns. Caesar’s narrative offers insights into his military strategy and paints a fascinating picture of his encounters with the inhabitants of Gaul and Britain, as well as lively portraits of the rebel leader Vercingetorix and other Gallic chieftains. The Conquest of Gaulcan also be read as a piece of political propaganda, as Caesar sets down his version of events for the Roman public, knowing he faces civil war on his return to Rome. Revised and updated by Jane Gardner, S. A. Handford’s translation brings Caesar’s lucid and exciting account to life for modern readers. This volume includes a glossary of persons and places, maps, appendices and suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book The Commentaries of Caesar written by Anthony Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caesar s Commentaries on the Gallic War written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter written by Kathryn Welch and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caesar's limpid prose, often seen as straightforward and soldierly, is analysed in essays as the work of a self-conscious and consummate stylist, rhetor and politician, seeking to advance a political career.
Download or read book The War for Gaul written by Julius Caesar and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 transform Julius Caesar from a politician on the make into the Caesar of legend. This remarkable new translation of Caesar's famous but underappreciated War for Gaul captures, like never before in English, the gripping and powerfully concise style of the future emperor's dispatches from the front lines in what are today France, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. While letting Caesar tell his battle stories in his own way, distinguished classicist James O'Donnell also fills in the rest of the story in a substantial introduction and notes that together explain why Gaul is the "best bad man's book ever written"--A great book in which a genuinely bad person offers a bald-faced, amoral description of just how bad he has been. Complete with a chronology, a map of Gaul, suggestions for further reading, and an index, this feature-rich edition captures the forceful austerity of a troubling yet magnificent classic - a book that, as O'Donnell says, 'gets war exactly right and morals exactly wrong.'" -- Front jacket flap
Download or read book Caesar s Commentaries on the Gallic War written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commentaries of Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1755 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commentaries of C Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book College Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 35 short lessons, this book includes the Latin text for the following selections from Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War with all of the corresponding vocabulary and grammatical notes on the same or facing page: Book 1.1-7, Book 4.24-35, Book 5.24-48, and Book 6.13-20. This volume is an excellent value for intermediate and advanced-level Latin students who wish to read all of the passages in Caesar's Gallic War required as part of the high school Latin curriculum.
Download or read book The Commentaries of C Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commentaries of Caesar written by Anthony Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The commentaries of C sar written by Anthony Trollope and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The commentaries of C Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commentaries of Caesar written by Anthony Trollope and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The Gallic War and the Civil War Commentaries of Julius Caesar Hardcover written by Julius Caesar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two great commentaries of Julius Caesar - the Gallic War and the Civil War - are united in this superb hardcover edition. The commentaries were devised by Julius Caesar as a means of gaining support amongst the plebiscite, securing his position against his cunning political enemies in Rome. The Gallic War details both the battles and the merits of imperialist expansion: together with fierce accounts of bloody warfare, we hear arguments for the advantageous nature of conquest in terms of gaining cultural influence and new resources. Caesar's Civil War offers his perspective on the chaos which engulfed Rome following the conclusion of the Gallic campaigns. The factional conflict, wherein Caesar was pitted against his former friend and ally Pompey, lasted five years and was the precursor to the creation of the Roman Empire. Translated to English by classics scholar W. A. McDevitte, this version of Caesar's Commentaries remains as authoritative and well-regarded today as when first published in 1915.
Download or read book Caesar Selections from His Commentarii De Bello Gallico written by Hans-Friedrich Mueller and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides unadapted Latin passages from the Commentarii De Bello Gallico: Book 1.1–7; Book 4.24–35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36; Book 5.24–48; Book 6.13–20 and the English of Books 1, 6, and 7 It includes all the required English and Latin selections from Caesar's De Bello Gallico for the 2012-2013 AP* Curriculum.
