| Description |
1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Series |
Essential histories |
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Essential histories.
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| Contents |
Part, Chronology -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Background to war -- Building an empire -- chapter Warring sides -- Discipline vs. spectacle -- chapter Outbreak -- The migration of the Helvetii -- chapter The fighting -- Invasion, siege and conquest -- chapter Portrait of a soldier -- Caesar's centurions -- chapter The world around war -- The impact of the conflict -- part, Portrait of a civilian -- Roman merchants -- chapter How the war ended -- Roman triumphs -- chapter Conclusion and consequences -- Pax Romana -- chapter Further reading |
| Summary |
Drawing on Caesar's own writings, this book offers an eye-witness account of the Gallic Wars in the context of the collapse of the Roman republic and its descent into civil war |
| Notes |
Originally published: Essential histories 43 : Ceasar's Gallic Wars, 58-50 BC. Oxford, Osprey Pub., 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 93) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Caesar, Julius -- Military leadership
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Caesar, Julius |
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Command of troops
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Gaul -- History -- Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C.
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Rome -- History, Military -- 265-30 B.C.
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Europe -- Gaul
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203494849 |
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9780203494844 |
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0415968585 |
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9780415968584 |
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9781135881887 |
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113588188X |
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9781135881832 |
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1135881839 |
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9781135881870 |
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1135881871 |
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