Caesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII

This is the first commentary on Caesar's Bellum Gallicum to approach it as a literary text. It attempts a contextualized reading of the work through the eyes of a contemporary Roman reader, who was trained in rhetoric, versed in Greek and Roman literature, and familiar with the same political and cultural conventions and discourses as its author. In appreciating Caesar as a writer and situating the seventh book of the Bellum Gallicum within its 'horizon...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009177125
• ISBN13: 9781009177122
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"