Caesar's Civil War by William Batstone
Caesar's Civil War, the story of the general's contest with the Pompeian party through nineteen months of civil war, is an unfinished masterpiece. The author abandoned it when he found himself living in a different world than that which saw its commencement. The narrative ends after Pompey's death, amidst the preliminaries to the Alexandrian war that initiated the next phase of the fight for primacy of Rome. The work shows the brilliance for which Caesar's oratory, like his generalship, was known: it was a political judgment, not a literary one, that relegated the Civil War to the file drawer. The primary topics covered in this introductory book are the generic background of Caesar's commentarii or notebooks; his selection of material; the contemporary context of the civil war; the literary techniques that carry the story; and the work's characterization and structure. General aids to the reader include maps to accompany the particular narrative events discussed, a timeline of Caesar's life and the civil war, explanations of technical terms of Roman history, and a section on Roman names and prominent persons of Caesar's time.
[The authors] have provided teachers and scholars a refreshing and stimulating starting point for rethinking Caesar's successes and failures* Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Cynthia Damon is Associate Professor of Classics at Amherst College. William W. Batstone is Associate Professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195165111 |
| ISBN 10 | 019516511X |
| Title | Caesar's Civil War |
| Author | William Batstone |
| Series | Oxford Approaches To Classical Literature |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2006-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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