Commentaries on the Gallic War

Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44BC)
Translated by Thomas Taylor (1758 - 1835)

Commentaries on the Gallic War is the first hand account by Julius Caesar of his experiences during the nine years he spent in the Gallic Wars. Written as a third-person narrative in eight sections, Books 1-8, he describes the battles and political intrigues he encounters in his campaigns against the Germanic and Celtic peoples who opposed Roman conquest.  The work is familiar to students of the Latin language, where it is used as an example of simple, direct Latin prose and stylistic clarity.  It famously begins with the line “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres” (“Gaul is a whole divided in three parts”), which is somewhat undermined by the fact that the borders of Gaul itself were ambiguous and shifting during the time of the campaigns.  Generally the term refers to those parts of the region not conquered by the Romans, now most of modern France, Belgium, western Germany and parts of Switzerland.  The word “Gaul” came to stand for uncouth or uncivilized areas and peoples.  Written between 58-49 BC, when Caesar's political fortunes were ascendant, to the alarm and hostility of the governing aristocrats, the commentaries aimed to increase his support among the plebeians by propagandizing his efforts to increase the influence and glory of Rome.

Product Details

Read by: Multiple readers
Length: 7 hours and 13 minutes
Type: Collaborative reading
Media: MP3 CD
Package: Paper sleeve
Item No.: CD-1243
List Price: $2.99

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DVD case art includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert.

Credits

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Book Coordinator: Leni
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Artwork

Artwork Cover: Map from The first six books of Cæsar's commentaries on the Gallic war, 1854, Peter Bullions, New York, Pratt, Woodford, Farmer and Brace
Inset: Map of Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul by Semhur, Wikimedia.org
Inset: Engraving of bust of Julius Caesar, from History of the World, ed. By H. F. Helmolt, New York, 1902
Insert: Engraving of bust of Julius Caesar, from History of the World, ed. By H. F. Helmolt, New York, 1902

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Table of Contents

Track Section Reader Length
1 00 - Introduction James Christopher 9:46
2 01 - Book I ch. 1-9 Becky Cook 10:38
3 02 - Book I ch. 10-15 Becky Cook 7:50
4 03 - Book I ch. 16-29 Becky Cook 17:16
5 04 - Book I ch. 30-41 Becky Cook 17:55
6 05 - Book I ch. 42-54 Becky Cook 15:37
7 06 - Book II ch.1-15 ontheroad 18:17
8 07 - Book II ch.16-35 ontheroad 20:54
9 08 - Book III ch. 1-16 Becky Cook 17:04
10 09 - Book III ch. 17-29 Becky Cook 12:49
11 10 - Book IV ch. 1-15 Ted Garvin 16:21
12 11 - Book IV ch. 16-19 Phil Chenevert 6:48
13 12 - Book IV ch. 20-38 Phil Chenevert 20:21
14 13 - Book V ch. 1-14 Ric F 19:14
15 14 - Book V ch. 15-23 Ric F 10:40
16 15 - Book V ch. 24-37 Ric F 17:37
17 16 - Book V ch. 38-58 Ric F 26:17
18 17 - Book VI ch. 1-8 ontheroad 11:19
19 18 - Book VI ch. 9-28 ontheroad 22:31
20 19 - Book VI ch. 29-44 ontheroad 20:14
21 20 - Book VII ch. 1-13 MorganScorpion 16:47
22 21 - Book VII ch. 14-28 MorganScorpion 19:51
23 22 - Book VII ch. 29-41 MorganScorpion 18:15
24 23 - Book VII ch. 42-51 MorganScorpion 12:15
25 24 - Book VII ch. 52-71 Ted Garvin 22:07
26 25 - Book VII ch. 72-90 Ted Garvin 24:43

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