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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (variously translated into English as Commentaries on the Gallic War, The Conquest of Gaul, or simply The Gallic War) is the firsthand account of Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul (modern-day France), Germany, and Britain between 59 and 51 BC. During the eight years he served as governor of the Roman Gallic provinces, Caesar fought numerous campaigns against the Celtic and Germanic inhabitants of the area to keep the Roman colonies there secure and gain riches and glory for himself and his soldiers. To understand the text, you have to know that not all the things Caesar did were strictly legal under Roman law at the time (for instance provincial governors had no authority to wage offensive war by themselves), so the text was in large part written to justify his actions to the Roman audience and has to be read as such to make sense of it.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Commentaries themselves are divided into eight books, seven by Caesar himself and one written by a supporter after his death, each covering a timespan of about one year. The books stand out from many of their contemporary works by virtue of Caesar's plain, straightforward style, which combined with the relatively exciting nature of the events Caesar recounts (Intrigue! Fighting! War!) makes them popular to this day as an introductory text for beginning students of the Latin Language.Of note to wargamers: The Commentaries, along with the Anabasis of Xenophon (which serves much the same role in teaching Ancient Greek as the Commentaries do for teaching Latin, for much the same reasons, being written in an unusually clear style and relating a fairly exciting plot) serve together as the earliest classical prototypes of the After-Action Report genre.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })As the work is in the public domain (by virtue of predating the concept of copyright by nearly two thousand years), the original text is freely available online. Those who don't read ancient dead languages might find this English translation a bit easier to follow. | |
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Beige Prose: Caesar's writing style is considerably more straightforward and less poetic than other ancient works. It is for this reason that the book is often used when teaching Latin, as the simple style is easier for learners to understand than the more complex, florid styles of, for example, Ovid or Cicero. | |
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Barbarian Tribe: Caesar paints a rather unflattering picture of the Celts as a group of savages that are constantly feuding and scheming against one another, faithless in their alliances, and savage in combat (you know, totally different from the Romans). He's much less kind about the Germanic tribes, who he describes as considerably more primitive than the Celts to the point where they only live for hunting and war and don't even have towns or agriculture. | |
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