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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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