Commentarii de Bello Civili

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Latin prose text ancient Roman literature historical work

Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.

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Commentarii de Bello Civili canonical 6
De Bello Civili 2
Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Civili 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose text ⓘ
ancient Roman literature ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition mid-40s BC ⓘ
author Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
beginsWithEvent Battle of the Rubicon ⓘ
surface form: Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon
completionStatus unfinished ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
describesEvent Caesar’s pursuit of Pompey into Greece ⓘ
Pharsalus ⓘ
surface form: battle of Pharsalus

campaigns in Spain against Pompeian forces ⓘ
Siege of Massilia ⓘ
surface form: siege of Massilia
hasModernEditions critical editions in Latin ⓘ
hasModernTranslations multiple modern languages ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered 49–48 BC ⓘ
historicalValue primary source for the late Roman Republic civil war ⓘ
influenced Renaissance political thought ⓘ
later Roman historiography ⓘ
influencedBy Roman annalistic tradition ⓘ
literaryGenre historical narrative ⓘ
war commentary ⓘ
mainAdversaryDepicted Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
mainSubject Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
conflict between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
numberOfBooks 3 ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
politicalPerspective pro-Caesarian ⓘ
portraysFigure Cato the Younger ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
purpose justification of Caesar’s actions in the civil war ⓘ
relatedWork Gallic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Commentarii de Bello Gallico
setting Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Latin literature ⓘ
ancient history ⓘ
classics ⓘ
styleCharacteristic concise and plain narrative style ⓘ
third-person self-reference for Caesar ⓘ
titleTranslation Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Civil War Commentaries

Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
workInVoluminousCorpus Commentarii de Bello Civili self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caesarian commentaries

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius Caesar → notableWork → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Caesar’s civil war → documentedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar → notableWork → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Commentarii de Bello Civili → workInVoluminousCorpus → Commentarii de Bello Civili self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caesarian commentaries
Battle of the Rubicon → isDescribedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar
Siege of Brundisium → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Lucan’s Pharsalia → title → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Bello Civili
Siege of Massilia → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Battle of Thapsus → documentedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commentarii de Bello Civili (Caesar's Civil War commentaries)
Battle of Ilerda → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC) → source → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Civili
Lucan → notableWork → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
this entity surface form: De Bello Civili