Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Background to war Building an empire; Warring sides Discipline vs. spectacle; Outbreak The migration of the Helvetii; The fighting Invasion, siege and conquest; Portrait of a soldier Caesar's centurions; The world around war The impact of the conflict; Portrait of a civilian Roman merchants; How the war ended Roman triumphs; Conclusion and consequences Pax Romana; Further reading; Index
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
