By Julius Caesar
An army chief of mythical genius, Caesar was once additionally an exceptional author, recording the occasions of his lifestyles with incomparable immediacy and gear. The Civil warfare is a demanding and gripping depiction of his fight with Pompey over the management of Republican Rome - a clash that spanned the total Roman global, from Gaul and Spain to Asia and Africa. the place Caesar's personal account leaves off in forty eight BC, his lieutenants take in the heritage, describing the important battles of Munda, Spain and Thapsus, and the install of Cleopatra, later Caesar's mistress, as Queen of Egypt. jointly those narratives paint an entire photo of the occasions that introduced Caesar very best energy - and prepared the ground for his assassination basically months later.
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