The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. Rome's war against the Gallic tribes lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul (mainly present day France and Belgium). The wars paved the way for Julius Caesar to become the sole ruler of the Roman Republic.

As Titus Porcinianus Pullus has learned, some enemies wear the same uniform, but now Titus is confronted with the fact that not all threats to him and those he loves can be dispatched with the Gallic sword passed down to him by his famous grandfather, Camp Prefect Titus Pullus. In Marching With Caesar-Fraternitas, the eleventh installment of the international bestselling Marching With Caesar® series, Titus' professional challenges are secondary to those posed by the enlistment of his broth...

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (AD56 - AD117) was a Roman orator, lawyer and senator. He is considered one of antiquities greatest historians. The surviving portions of his major works - "The Histories" and "The Annals" - examine the reigns of the Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the "Year of the Four Emperors". These two works cover the span of history from the death of Augustus in AD14 to the death of Domitian in 96AD - although much of the later material is lost to ...

The Cicero Anthology is a collection of the most acute and incisive works of one of the greatest and most celebrated orators in all of history.Cicero is still celebrated to this day for his skills as a Roman Senator, rhetorician, orator, lawyer, and writer; and for the courage and conviction of his desperate efforts to preserve the Roman republic in the face of conspiracies and violence against the state.The clear lucidity of his written insight has preserved the power of h...

Vegetius's De re militari is the most influential military treatise to survive from late antiquity, a disciplined compendium of Roman martial practice, recruitment, training, camp construction, tactics, siegecraft, and naval warfare. Written in a terse, admonitory Latin prose, it looks backward to the perceived rigor of the republican and early imperial legions while addressing the military anxieties of a weakened later empire. Its literary mode is both technical manual and moral exhortati...

A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; 6 and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: 'Well, the Ides of March are come,' and the seer said to him softly: 'Ay, they are come, but they are not gone."~Plutarch, Parallel LivesWhat if Gaius Julius Caesar had heeded that warning and the other signs leading up to the ...

Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.) is one of the most famous men in history, and his name was used to denote the status of emperor throughout European countries like Italy, Germany, and Russia nearly 2,000 years after his famous assassination. But before he won the civil war against Pompey the Great and ended the Roman Republic permanently, he became a man of power and fame in modern day France, leading armies in the Gallic campaign. Moreover, Caesar wrote extensively about the campaign, giving r...

The novel captures the excitement and challenges faced by individuals seeking their fortunes in the goldfields of Australia. During this period, many people from around the world flocked to regions like Australia and California in pursuit of gold, leading to significant social and economic changes."The Gold Hunters' Adventures" likely follows characters as they navigate the hardships of mining, the camaraderie and competition among gold prospectors, and the broader social dynamics of a boo...

Translation based on W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn, 1869 The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes, lasting from 58 BC to 51 BC. The Romans would also raid Britannia and Germania, but these expeditions never developed into full-scale invasions. The Gallic Wars culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whol...

In "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans," Plutarch presents a series of biographical sketches that juxtapose the lives of prominent Greek and Roman figures. This work, notable for its rich narrative style and moral undertones, employs a comparative approach to examine the virtues and vices of these leaders, elucidating the moral lessons derived from their lives. Written during the first century AD, Plutarch's biographical method diverges from strict historical accounts, blending ethics ...

The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, lit. The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.This work survived only in one single manuscript that was found in Hersfeld Abbey, Holy Roman Empire and brought to Italy in 1455 where Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the later Pope Pius II, first examined and analyzed it, whereby he sparked interest among German humanists such as C...

Spears fly like thunderbolts from the gods, and the nightmare is only beginning.In 244 BCE, nineteen-year-old Agis takes the throne of a Sparta that has forgotten what made it great. The legendary warriors have grown fat on gold and luxury. The helots, a conquered people forced to till Spartan land for Spartan masters, seethe with suppressed fury. And the five powerful ephors who truly control the city have no interest in change.Agis dares anyway. His plan is as radical as ...