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Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Classical Latin: [kɔm.mɛnˈtaː.ɾi.iː deː ˈbɛl.loː ˈɡal.lɪ.koː]; English: Commentaries on the Gallic War), also Bellum Gallicum (English: Gallic War), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative.
Caesar's Commentaries may refer to one of two works written by Julius Caesar: Commentarii de Bello Gallico , concerning Caesar's campaigns in Gaul and Britain, 58–50 BC Commentarii de Bello Civili , concerning his participation in the Roman Civil War of 49–48 BC
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. 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.
A recent computer-assisted stylistic analysis by Zhang and others (2018) of the five works in the Caesarian corpus confirms that books 1–7 of the Gallic War and 1–3 of the Civil War were written by the same author (presumably Caesar himself), but book 8 of the Gallic War, and the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish War commentaries appear to ...
Gaius Julius Caesar [a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
Julius Caesar discusses the role of the vergobret several times in his Commentaries on the Gallic War, referring to the office with the terms princeps civitatis, principatus, and magistratus. [1] Elected every year under the aegis of the druids, [2] the vergobret had the right of life and death, and that of commanding the army in defensive action.
All he had to say about politics — “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” — leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
Ariovistus and the events he was part of are known from Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico. [1] Caesar, as a participant in the events, is a primary source, but as his Commentaries were partly political, they may be suspected of being self-serving.