The identities of the latter are unknown, but all appear to … Finally, however, on August 9 Pompey and his army seemed ready to fight – and with a glance Caesar realized what his enemy was planning. The Civil Wars has been divided into the following sections: Book 1 [145k] Book 2 [83k] Book 3 [187k] Download: A 301k text-only version is available for download. The late Virginia Brown went through the herculean task of reviewing, dating, and documenting all known manuscripts of the Civil War. Caesar sent away his horse – a signal to his troops that he would stand with them. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Bibracte was the first great battle of Caesar’s military career. triumph celebration – and then executed by strangulation. Caesar personally rode along the perimeter inspiring his legionaries as the two-sided battle raged. Richard Wayne Penniman [Little Richard], singer, musician; important influence on rock 'n' roll. Caesar’s cavalry and the six cohorts that made up his hidden fourth line then rushed forward to outflank Pompey’s left and worked their way behind his lines to attack from the rear. They were moving to escape harassment by Germanic tribes and to seek plunder of their own, something that was missing in their mountainous homeland. Again the Gauls were beaten back. Below you can see how Brown’s stemma varied from 2 previous attempts at tracing the transmission of Caesar’s Civil War.2 These stemmas simplify a tedious and laborious effort, but they all have the goal of getting to a single source. From 82 to 80 B.C., Lucius Cornelius Sulla made himself dictator of Rome and purged the city of his political enemies. Instead, we have a slew of medieval manuscripts, copied and edited by scribes over the centuries, and now stored in archives across the world. Defeat of Varro. CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES OF THE CIVIL WAR. Like most ancient texts, we do not have a pristine copy of Caesar's Civil War handed down to us from antiquity. Book 3--- 56 B.C. He pursued Pompey and was almost conquered in July 48 B.C. Inside Alesia, Vercingetorix gave his men a day’s rest before again throwing their might against the Roman wall with scaling ladders and grappling hooks. Alesia marked the end of organized resistance to Rome in Gaul, which became a Roman province. Caesar moved quickly into Gaul, creating auxiliary units as he went. c. iulius caesar (100 – 44 b.c.) Book 7--- 52 B.C. George Armstrong Custer, Union cavalry leader who met his fate at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 1:0 Vossius's supplement to the first book: I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following Commentaries on the Civil War were not written by Caesar himself. [1.0]Vossius's supplement to the first book: I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following Commentaries on the Civil War were not written by Caesar himself.Even without the authority of Suetonius, the diction itself would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Caesar and no other was the author. Book 2--- 57 B.C. For most of the next decade, Caesar worked to pacify the unruly Gallic tribes and make Gaul a Roman province. Adopted by Caesar, Augustus (c.62 BC – 14 AD / Reigned 31 BC – 14 AD) had to fight for his throne. The X’s men, rather than hurl their pila at the cavalry attack and then chop at the horses’ legs with their gladii (the traditional Roman defense against a cavalry attack), stabbed at the faces and eyes of the horsemen with their pila as Caesar had drilled them to do. The Pompeian cavalry quickly overwhelmed the outnumbered Caesarian horse but then ran into Caesar’s favorite legion, the X, which Caesar had purposely stationed at the end of the line to meet the enemy cavalry. Vercingetorix was taken to Rome, where he was held for six years before being put on display during Caesar’s 46 B.C. In textual criticism, scholars use stemmas (family trees) to trace the lineage of major versions of manuscripts. Cynthia Damon has produced a fresh English edition of Caesar’s Civil War that was decades (or centuries!) Lyons resides in Rochester, N.Y., with his wife, Brenda, and a beagle named Gus. Sulla’s victims included Caesar’s uncle, the general and seven-time consul Gaius Marius. Years later, Cicero, himself a famous orator, asked: “Do you know any man who, even if he has concentrated on the art of oratory to the exclusion of all else, can speak better than Caesar?”. Most of 53 B.C. While the notion of such changes may offend our sense of historical purity, these differences can help detectives such as Virginia Brown and Cynthia Damon determine if manuscript A was used to create a copy of manuscript B, and so forth. Caught on the wrong side of the mountains from Vercingetorix when winter hit, Caesar crossed the “impassable” Massif Central with a small force of infantry and cavalry to link up with two of his legions quartered near the southern edge of Arvenni territory. In the morning, Vercingetorix sent a diversionary attack against the wall to the south and then struck the Roman weak spot with men he had hidden there and remnants of the relief force. Caesar’s use of projectile weapons (such as ballistae) along with archers and peltasts enabled him to turn the battle in his favor. While this happened, the Boii and Tulingi, Helvetii allies who had been held in reserve, joined the battle by hitting Caesar’s right flank. Again, Caesar demonstrates great leniency to the soldiers and to their leaders. Winning the war, Caesar became Roman dictator for life. II.1- 2 … He warned the Helvetii that any attempt to cross the river would be opposed. Caesar’s army was almost out of supplies and had no clear line of retreat, while Pompey’s soldiers held the high ground, were far more numerous and better supplied. They surrendered and begged for mercy. “In all of life,” Caesar wrote, “but especially in war, the greatest power belongs to fortune.”. Unfortunately, Virginia Brown passed away before she completed her research, but she handed her work to Cynthia Damon who finished it and pieced together a new Latin edition, which she chronicled in Studies on the Text of Caesar’s Bellum civile (2015). Surviving that near defeat, Caesar marched inland and at Pharsalus again met Pompey and his army. Caesar had served the Republic for eight years in the Gallic Wars, fully conquering the region of Gaul (roughly equivalent to modern-day France).After the Roman Senate demanded Caesar to disband his army and return home as a civilian, he refused, crossing the Rubicon with his army and plunging Rome into Caesar's Civil War in 49 BC. Then he ordered his legionaries to charge. Due to his many wounded and the need to bury his dead, Caesar had to wait three days before he could pursue the fleeing Helvetii, but he finally caught them. Caesar also knew, as all great generals know, “if fortune doesn’t go your way, sometimes you have to bend it to your will.” And bend it he did. As Caesar had foreseen, when the lines collided Pompey loosed his 7,000 cavalrymen at the end of the Roman line. He then built a bridge over the river and pursued the main Helvetii force for two weeks until a lack of supplies caused him to end the chase. The Civil War is well documented by the standards of ancient conflicts, but there remain many gaps in our knowledge. He used part of his growing wealth from Gallic loot to hire political agents in Rome. Caesar’s next campaign, however, was against his fellow Romans. Yet he was aware of the role that luck played in his victories. Caesar had the support of the people and Pompey had the support of the aristocrats. Led by Pompey and his optimates (conservative supporters), the Senate fled Rome, first to Brundisium in southern Italy and then across the Adriatic Sea to Rome’s Greek provinces. They simply cast them aside and prepared to meet the Roman assault without them. After sifting through 32,577 words of Caesar’s Civil War across more than 200 manuscripts spread out over half a millennium, Damon has concluded that “one copy survived from antiquity into the Middle Ages and was copied at least twice some time early in the Carolingian period.”3. The city’s garrison was taken prisoner, as were the survivors of the relief army. The next day he presented his arms to Caesar, ending the siege in a Roman victory. Book 6--- 53 B.C. Anglo-Zulu War 1879 The Crimean War 1853-1856 The Plains Wars 1850s-1890s French Indian War 1754-1763 The Mahdist Revolt 1884 American Civil War 1861-1865 American War of Ind. James Cleveland, considered the "King of Gospel.". Vercingetorix moved a large part of his force by night to a weak spot in the northwest portion of the Roman fortifications that Caesar had tried to conceal; the area featured natural obstructions where a continuous wall could not be built. Even without the authority of Suetonius, the diction itself would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Caesar and no other was the author. The Battle of Pharsalus was the decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War.On 9 August 48 BC at Pharsalus in central Greece, Gaius Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ("Pompey the Great"). Learn how your comment data is processed. The Senate and the People have two options: on the one hand is the overweening ego, ambition, but limited military vision of Gnaeus Pompeius Magno - Pompey the Great. Morgan J. Freeman, film director; his Hurricane Streets (1997) was the first narrative film to win three awards at the Sundance Film Festival; produced MTV reality shows (16 and Pregnant, Teen Mom). The charging cavalry, meeting this unexpected and terrifying menace, pulled up short and then panicked. Book 2--- 49 B.C. Through a game of medieval telephone, there are a number of things that can change in copied text. Copyright © 2020 Scott Manning. Armed mobs rule the streets. Again, Caesar personally rode to the spot to rally his troops and his inspired legionaries were able to beat back the Gallic attack. Caesar’s fate – and that of the Roman Republic – hung in the balance as the Battle of Pharsalus began in earnest. He cleverly exploited the tribes’ endemic factionalism, made allies by showing mercy to the tribes he defeated, and bribed others with the fruits of Roman civilization – and when necessary, he waged war against them. The latter were freed to secure their tribes’ alliance with Rome. covered by Books 1–8 of The Landmark Julius Caesar, the civil war of 49 and 48 by Books 9–11, wars in Egypt, Anatolia and other parts of the Roman empire in 47 by Book 12 (Alexandrian War), the second round of the civil wars in 46 by Book 13 (African War), and the last round of the civil wars in 45 by Book 14 (Spanish War). Because of Caesar’s relationship with Marius, Sulla stripped Caesar of his inheritance and his wife’s dowry, forcing him to flee Rome and join the Roman army in Asia Minor. Later and more reliable estimates judge that Caesar lost about 1,200 soldiers and 30 centurions, while Pompey’s losses totaled about 6,000. Caesar would prove the value of a dog's role in war several times over the course of his service in World War II. with a much larger force that successfully defeated the powerful Catuvellauni, whom he forced to pay tribute to Rome. When the Helvetii saw their allies attack, they returned to the battle. The fighting began when another Gallic tribe, the Carnutes, slaughtered a group of Romans who had settled in what they considered their territory. Total War: ROME II – Caesar Edition is a limited physical edition release of Total War: ROME II celebrating the eponymous military commander that includes two epic campaigns packs, all the latest updates, and a free ebook from Osprey Publishing. But at Gergovia, Vercingetorix defeated Caesar, inflicting heavy losses including 46 veteran centurions (commanders of an 80-100 man unit in a Roman legion). Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, first to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Approximately 10 miles of 12-foot-high palisades were built in about three weeks. Medievalism, Classical Reception, Battlefields, and Cigars. The battle turned into a desperate fight for survival that continued into the twilight hours. Curio's disaster in Africa. Finally on August 2, Caesar has cut off the enemy from water, fuel, and food, and they surrender. Facing starvation and plummeting morale inside Alesia, Vercingetorix was forced to surrender. About midday, the Helvetii force, said to be tens of thousands of experienced warriors, appeared and stood facing the smaller and far less combat-experienced Roman force. But by moving to Alesia, Vercingetorix had played to his enemy’s strength – Caesar was a master of siege warfare. Similar Posts: One historian wrote: “Caesar, next to Alexander, was the outstanding director of siege operations of the ancient world.” Caesar proved that claim at the siege of Alesia. became a Roman consul, the city’s highest elected official. was spent in a punitive campaign against the Eburones and their allies, who were said to have been all but exterminated by the Romans. He then took 13 cavalry cohorts (about 6,000 men) to attack the relief army, forcing it to retreat. When he reached the town of Geneva, near the planned route of the Helvetii, he began destruction of a bridge over the Rhone River in territory belonging to a Roman client tribe, the Allobroges. Later Campaigns - Not written by Caesar. In what would become his trademark, Caesar spared the Helvetii survivors and ordered them to return to their original homeland. When the 20,000 seasoned veterans of Caesar’s infantry line charged, Pompey’s 50,000 infantrymen held their positions awaiting the collision. Caesar chose to stop and fight at a hill near a Gallic oppidum (fortified city) at Bibracte. “The contest [was] long and vigorously carried on,” Caesar wrote in his Commentaries on the Gallic Wars. crossing of the Rubicon River with his XIII Legion in defiance of the Pompey-led … He also was authorized to levy additional legions and auxiliary forces as needed. Caesar then ordered the construction of a second line of fortifications facing outward (contravallation), enclosing his army between it and the inner set of fortifications. He also fomented an outbreak of tribes along the Mediterranean, forcing Caesar to turn his attention to the south. crossing of the Rubicon River with his XIII Legion in defiance of the Pompey-led Senate’s order would be decided by this day’s battle. Book 5--- 54 B.C. It consists of three books covering the events of 49-48 BC, from shortly before Caesar's invasion of Italy to Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus and flight to Egypt. Martin Van Buren, 8th president in the United States--and the first born in the United States. This a parallel presentation of the works of Julius Caesar in Latin and English translation. View 2_162939_Caesar_the_Civil_War_8517963156477394 (1).pdf from ENG 432 at Harvard University. Caesar next pacified the Suebi, a Germanic tribe, killing most of the 120,000-man force sent against him. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome – a conflict that spanned the entire Roman world, from Gaul and Spain to Asia and Africa. Caesar followed this victory with a series of punitive raids against tribes along the Atlantic seaboard that had assembled an anti-Roman confederacy, and he fought a combined land-sea campaign against the Veneti. Civil War Politics in Rome became increasingly hostile while Caesar was in Gaul. Book 3--- 48-47 B.C. Pompey gathered his family, loaded as much gold as he could, threw off his general’s cloak and fled. Caesar responded by thinning the traditional Roman three-line infantry formation and creating a fourth line hidden behind the other three. In reviewing the differences and similarities between manuscripts, the goal is to get to the oldest version of the text. Then in 57 B.C., he marched with eight legions, archers and cavalry against the Belgae (who occupied an area roughly comprising modern-day Belgium) after they attacked a tribe allied with Rome. Under Caesar’s charismatic leadership, these war-hardened legionaries had often won battles while fighting greatly outnumbered by fierce Gallic warriors. Caesar then went to the Middle East, where he annihilated the king of Pontus. Caesar’s legionaries drew their gladii (short swords) and attacked the disadvantaged tribesmen, breaking the enemy’s line and forcing the Helvetii back almost to their baggage train. Fritz Lang, film director (Metropolis, M). Gaius Julius Caesar was born in July 100 B.C. The differences in manuscripts can include. A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. Gaius Julius Caesar (July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a military commander, politician and author at the end of the Roman Republic.. Caesar became a member of the First Triumvirate, and when that broke up, he fought a civil war against Pompey the Great. Less than a third survived to make their return. The tactical advantages seemed greatly in Pompey’s favor. He led a show of force into Germanic territory before returning across the Rhine and dismantling the bridge. Alexandrian War; African War; Spanish War The First Triumvirate - overseers of the last days of the Roman Republic - has disintegrated. Julius Caesar ruled Rome as unquestioned dictator until his assassination March 15, 44 B.C. In the Gallic camp, Caesar found records indicating that more than 300,000 Helvetii men, women and children had begun the trek west. CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES of THE CIVIL WAR. Gaius Julius Caesar: Civil War Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 - 15 March 44 BCE), Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul (modern France and Belgium) and his subsequent coup d'état. Book II Siege and surrender of Massilia. A Fresh Translation of Caesar’s Civil War, 8 Books for the Military History Undergrad, Studies on the Text of Caesar's Bellum civile, Gettysburg After Action Report – September 10, 2017, The Hannibal History Channel Doesn’t Want You to Know, Bodies Piling up at the Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC), Book Review: Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life, Misspellings, including inversions of letters, missing letters, repetition, Errors from abbreviations, which were outmoded or simply different, Method of dividing books, such as using headers, numbers, or a giant letter, Diving the text, such as 14 books instead of 3, “Improvements,” corrections by multiple hands on the same manuscript, Virginia Brown, “Caesar, Gaius Julius” in. The Romans pursued Vercingetorix and captured Avaricum (modern Bourges, in central France), the capital city of the allied Bituriges, killing the entire population. Caesar later served as questor (a treasury and legal official) in the Roman province of Hispania Ulterior (Further Spain), where he led military expeditions against the native tribes and in 59 B.C. Moreover, the Germanic tribes likely would move into the abandoned Helvetii homeland, posing another threat to Roman interests. Vercingetorix, a young nobleman, raised an army, made alliances with several other tribes and seized control of what was developing as an all-out revolt against Roman authority. into a patrician family that claimed to be descended from Julus, son of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who in turn was the supposed son of the goddess Venus. He only was able to turn the conflict when he commandeered a shield from a soldier and personally rallied his legions, forming a large defensive square to protect his wounded and calling for reinforcements. Even Pompey became jealous and soon Caesar and Pompey became rivals. Chuck Lyons is a retired newspaper editor and a freelance writer who has written extensively on historical subjects. “[The Belgae] never gave up even when there was no hope of victory,” Caesar wrote. He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and laid the foundations of a … The best account is provided by Caesar's War Commentaries in three books covering 49-48, supplemented by separate accounts of the Alexandrian War, African War and Spanish War written by his continuators. On October 2, Vercingetorix’s Gauls launched a massive attack from inside the Roman fortifications while a relief army hit the Romans from outside. The Romans rightly feared that the Helvetii would pillage other tribes as they migrated, and that once settled in southwest Gaul they would pose a threat to Roman territory. Book 1--- 50 B.C. He stationed himself at the hill’s summit with two other legions, his auxiliaries and his baggage train. His legionaries first threw their iron-pointed, long-shanked pila (javelins), which stuck firmly in the Helvetii warriors’ wooden shields, weighing them down (the pila could not be easily removed since their thin shanks usually bent upon impact). 3 separate attempts at creating stemmas of the textual transmission of Caesar's Civil War. involving the Arverni and allied tribes led by the Arverni chief Vercingetorix. The Great Roman Civil War (49–45 BC), also known as Caesar's Civil War, was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire. At the head of these five legions, he passed through the Alps, crossing the territories of several hostile tribes and fighting some skirmishes en route. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines. In his Commentaries, he remarked, “No single traveler had ever crossed [these mountains] in winter.”. > From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14) From Caesar to Augustus (c. 49 BC–AD 14) Using Coins as Sources ... allowing students to quickly identify material relevant to Julius Caesar, the second triumvirate, the relationship between… < Read less Read more > Contents. In 55 B.C., Caesar repelled an incursion into Gaul by two Germanic tribes, and followed that by building a bridge across the Rhine. Many of the leaders were jealous of Caesar and his following. He gave them grain to eat and seed to begin a crop, but he insisted on hostages to insure their obedience. The Hunt for Julius Caesar’s Assassins Marked the Last Days of the Roman Republic A new page-turning history details the events that led to the deaths of many of the conspirators When he reached the river, three-fourths of the Helvetii force had already crossed. Caesar knew that the imminent battle was his last chance, warning his men that if they lost at Pharsalus they would be at Pompey’s mercy and probably slaughtered. Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War), or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Roman Senate. The Great Roman Civil War (49–45 BC), also known as Caesar's Civil War, was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire. Caesar had absolute authority within these two Gallic provinces, and the Senate entrusted him with four legions to enforce his authority. Meanwhile the cohesion of the triumvirate had been placed under strain. Julius Caesar - Julius Caesar - Antecedents and outcome of the civil war of 49–45 bce: During his conquest of Gaul, Caesar had been equally busy in preserving and improving his position at home. commentariorum libri vii de bello gallico cum a. hirti supplemento Vercingetorix’s cavalry unsuccessfully raided the construction several times, but his men were unable to stop the work. It was August 9, 48 B.C. This is the continuation of the mini series about “Caesar’s civil War”. He sent his cavalry to delay the enemy and placed four legions in the traditional Roman three-line formation partway up the hill. Intervention by the family of Caesar’s mother and Rome’s Vestal Virgins lifted the threat against Caesar; but it was not until he heard of Sulla’s death in 78 B.C. This forced the Romans to divide their already outnumbered force to fight the Helvetii to their front and the enemy reserves to their side. 58–50 B.C.E. Caesar’s civil war would continue even after Pharsalus but that was the turning point. Chapter 1 While these things were going forward in Spain, Caius Trebonius, Caesar's lieutenant, who had been left to conduct the assault of Massilia, began to raise a mound, vineae, and turrets against the town, on two sides; one of which was next the harbor and docks, the other on that part where there is a passage from Gaul and Spain to that sea which forces itself up the mouth of the Rhone. in the making, depending on how you look at it. According to figures claimed at the time, when the day was over 15,000 of Pompey’s men were killed and another 20,000 were captured, while Caesar lost only 200 men. In September 52 B.C., Caesar arrived at Alesia and laid siege to a combined Gallic force that may have numbered 80,000 warriors, four times greater than Caesar’s force. At the time, Roman legions were noted for their tactical flexibility, disciplined fighting, ability to adapt to changing circumstances and superb organization; but “what ultimately made the Romans unbeatable,” one historian wrote, was “the Roman genius for fighting as a unit.” To this proven mix, Caesar added his charisma, daring and ability to inspire. At Pharsalus, however, Caesar’s soldiers confronted other disciplined Roman legionaries in a battle certain to decide the outcome of a brutal civil war. Caesar’s father, also named Gaius Julius Caesar, had served Rome as the city’s praetor (military or civilian commander) and as proconsul (governor) to Asia, while his mother, Aurelia Cotta, came from an influential Roman family. Caesar, Julius; Peskett ... Rome -- History Civil War, 49-45 B.C Publisher London Heinemann Collection robarts; toronto Digitizing sponsor Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English. Historians have praised Caesar for his innovative military tactics, his use of skilled military engineers and his natural gifts as a military leader. The Aedui, a tribe Caesar had saved from Germanic deprecation, had turned against him, joining the revolt and capturing his supplies and Roman base at Soissons. Caesar’s enemy, however, had one last card to play. Before Caesar had even left Rome to take up his duties in Gaul, he received word that the Helvetii tribe had begun migrating west toward the Atlantic coast, burning their villages behind them. 1776-1783 Marlborough's Wars 1701-1714 The Jacobite Rebellion 1745 Originally published in the July 2013 issue of Armchair General. The second wall, designed to protect the Roman besiegers from attacks from outside the city, was the same as the first in design but included four cavalry camps. 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