Commentarii de Bello Civili

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

campaigns in Spain against Pompeian forces ⓘ
siege of Massilia ⓘ
linked to: 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 Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great
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 ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus ⓘ
Marcus Tullius Cicero ⓘ
linked to: Cicero
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
purpose justification of Caesar’s actions in the civil war ⓘ
relatedWork Commentarii de Bello Gallico ⓘ
linked to: Gallic Wars
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 Civil War Commentaries ⓘ
Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ
workInVoluminousCorpus Caesarian commentaries ⓘ

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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 → Caesarian commentaries ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Battle of the Rubicon → isDescribedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Siege of Brundisium → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Lucan’s Pharsalia → title → De Bello Civili ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Siege of Massilia → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Battle of Thapsus → documentedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili (Caesar's Civil War commentaries) ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Battle of Ilerda → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC) → source → Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Lucan → notableWork → De Bello Civili ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Roman military engineering → documentedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Commentaries on the Civil War → originalTitle → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Caesar's campaign in Hispania → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Ilerda → mentionedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus → notableWork → De Bello Civili ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Caesar's crossing of the Adriatic in 48 BC → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Balkan theater of Caesar's Civil War → hasPrimarySource → Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Caesar → notableWork → Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
Lucius Afranius → mentionedInSource → Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Siege of Alexandria (47 BCE) → hasPrimarySource → Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili
Achillas → describedIn → Commentarii de Bello Civili by Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Commentarii de Bello Civili