Commentaries on the Civil War

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Latin prose work ancient Roman literature historical work

Commentaries on the Civil War is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his campaigns and political struggle against Pompey and the senatorial faction.

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Commentaries on the Civil War canonical 2
Civil War Commentaries 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
ancient Roman literature ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
author Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
circulation read in elite Roman political circles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
describesEvent Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon ⓘ
battle of Pharsalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign in Greece against Pompey ⓘ
campaign in Spain against Pompeian forces ⓘ
siege of Massilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Commentaries on the Gallic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre autobiographical history ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
military history ⓘ
hasForm three books ⓘ
historicalSignificance primary source for the Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
influenced Renaissance political thought ⓘ
later Roman historiography ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryStyle concise ⓘ
third‑person self-reference ⓘ
unadorned ⓘ
modernReception standard text in classical education ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
originalTitle Commentarii de Bello Civili NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Caesarian commentaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodStyle Golden Age Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationStatus survives largely complete ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
purpose political propaganda ⓘ
self-justification of Caesar’s actions ⓘ
relatedWork Commentaries on the Gallic War NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedIn Latin literature ⓘ
ancient history ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
subject Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
military campaigns of Julius Caesar ⓘ
political conflict between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 49–48 BCE ⓘ

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Gaius Julius Caesar → notableWork → Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
Commentarii de Bello Civili → titleTranslation → Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
Commentarii de Bello Civili → titleTranslation → Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Civil War Commentaries