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Caesar's Gallic Wars

58–50 BC

Kate Gilliver

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English
Osprey
01 November 2024
A detailed, fully illustrated overview of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars, one of the most important conflicts of the ancient world.

Julius Caesar was one of the most ambitious and successful politicians of the late Roman Republic and his short but bloody conquest of the Celtic tribes led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gaul (modern France). Caesar's commentaries on his Gallic Wars provide us with the most detailed surviving eye-witness account of a campaign from antiquity. In this book, respected Roman military historian Kate Gilliver makes use of this account and other surviving evidence to consider the importance of the Gallic Wars in the context of the collapse of the Roman Republic and its slide toward civil war.

Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and new images throughout, this accessible introduction provides an important reference resource for the academic or student reader as well as those with a general interest in the ancient world.
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Imprint:   Osprey
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 148mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   306g
ISBN:   9781472862013
ISBN 10:   1472862015
Series:   Essential Histories
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kate Gilliver is Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University. A Roman military historian and archaeologist, she has particular interests in the conduct of war and the practicalities of waging war in the Roman world from the second Punic war to the third century AD. She has published on Roman military theory, temporary encampments and on display and uniformity in Roman military equipment.

Reviews for Caesar's Gallic Wars: 58–50 BC

"""I am most favorably impressed by the Essential Histories series on the American Civil War. Written by four of the best historians of the military course of the war, these volumes provide a lucid and concise narrative of the campaigns in both the Eastern and Western theaters as well as penetrating analyses of strategies and leadership. Ideal for classroom use or fireside reading."""


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