"Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a phrase popularly attributed to Julius Caesar — but why did the ...

Caesar’s Wars, In His Own Words. In addition to his military and political achievements, in his lifetime Caesar (100-44 B.C.) was a rather noted author and scholar, considered an outstanding stylist, ...

Everything we know about him comes from a work called in Latin Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Commentaries on the Gallic War, written by Caesar himself — one of two books he authored.

THE IDES OF MARCH (246 pp.)—Thornton Wilder—Harper ($2.75). Suppose that, after the death of Caesar, some industrious private investigator assembled all the relevant documents on the murder ...

Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xiv, 404. Illus., tables, notes, biblio., indices. $32.99 paper. ISBN: 1107670497 A Handbook to Caesar’s Works Well known largely for his ...

One of the greatest figures in Roman history, Gaius Julius Caesar has been popularised time and again across various works of art and literature. Such was the popularity of the military figure ...

“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” That is just one of many rhetorical devices the play ...

Julius Caesar’s Campaign Book. The Roman general wrote ‘The Gallic Wars’ to bolster his claim to power—and launched a genre that’s still with us today. By . Barry Strauss. Share.