CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
Table of Dates
Select Bibliography and Abbreviations
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
BOOK I
BOOK II
COMMENTARY
BOOK I
BOOK II
Index to Text
Maps
Julius Caesar's own narrative of the opening year of the Civil
War between himself and Pompey is the only surviving account from
the classical world of such a conflict written by one of the principals.
The apparent clarity of the narrative, and the limpidity and economy
of Caesar's style, in fact conceal a tendentious presentation
of both his own and his opponent's motives, actions and competence.
The influence of dramatic structures on the selection and combination
of events related by Caesar is also important. The commentary
therefore aims to elucidate not only matters directly referred
to in the text, but the whole context of their presentation.
John Carter was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London and an authority on the Late Republican and Augustan periods.
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SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"The best part of the volume is the lengthy and very
useful commentary." "Carter is equally good in outlining
military strategy and tactics." "This book would be
valuable to anyone working with Julius Caesar or with events of
the first century B.C. The cross-referencing to events mentioned
by Cicero make this an attractive and easy-to-use source."
CW
"The Reader will be rewarded by both an insight into the
characters of Caesar and Pompey and a comprehensive overview of
the period. Carter has omitted nothing that might be of use to
the student; the table of dates, the bibliography, the maps, the
Index of proper Names are all exemplary." JACT
RELATED BOOKS
CAESAR The Civil War Book III
Other books in the series about Roman History: CASSIUS DIO, CICERO,
LIVY, LUCAN, PLINY, PLUTARCH, SENECA, SUETONIUS, TACITUS