Caesar's Civil War / William W. Batstone, Cynthia Damon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batstone, William Wendell, author.

Damon, Cynthia, 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford approaches to classical literature.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford approaches to classical literature

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caesar, Julius. De bello civili.

Caesar, Julius.

Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C--Literature and the war.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A snapshot of the late republic, 'Caesar's Civil War' pffers a vivid and detailed account of the troubled Roman empire near the turn to the common era. In it, Caesar recounts his break with the Senate and general Pompey and narrates the events of the 19 months of civil war that followed.

Contents:

Editors' Foreword; Contents; Preliminary Note; Introduction; 1 Choices: Genre, Content, Style; 2 Structure as Argument in Civil War I; 3 Taking Sides, Making Sides; 4 Mastering Victory; 5 Writing Fighting War; Epilogue: Surviving Failure; Timeline of the Life of Caesar and the Civil War; Maps; Notes; Prominent Persons; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029007-2

0-19-770435-2

0-19-803697-3

1-280-56436-9

1-4294-3251-9

OCLC:

437092795