
History of Julius Cæsar, Vol. 2 of 2
by Emperor of the French Napoleon III
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HISTORY OF JULIUS CAESAR (VOL. 1 of 2)from the PREFACEToo many historians find it easier to lower men of genius, than, with a generous inspiration, to raise them to their due height, by penetrating their vast designs. Thus, as regards Cæsar, instead of showing us Rome, torn to pieces by civil wars and corrupted by riches, trampling under foot her ancient institutions, threatened by powerful peoples, such as Gauls, Germans, and Parthians, incapable of sustaining herself without a central power stronger, more stable, and more just; instead, I say, of tracing this faithful picture, Cæsar is repre...
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- HISTORY OF J U L I U S C Æ S A R.
- PUBLISHER’S NOTE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF PLATES TO VOLUME II.
- JULIUS CÆSAR.
- BOOK III. THE WARS IN GAUL, AFTER THE “COMMENTARIES.”
- CHAPTER I. POLITICAL CAUSES OF THE GALLIC WAR.
- CHAPTER II. STATE OF GAUL IN THE TIME OF CÆSAR.
- CHAPTER III. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE HELVETII. (Year of Rome 696.) (Book I. of the “Commentaries.”)
- CHAPTER IV. CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARIOVISTUS. (Year of Rome 696.) (Book I. of the “Commentaries.”)
- CHAPTER V. WAR AGAINST THE BELGÆ. (Year of Rome 697.) (Book II. of the “Commentaries.”)
- CHAPTER VI. (Year of Rome 698.) (Book III. of the “Commentaries.”) WAR OF THE VENETI—VICTORY OVER THE UNELLI—SUBMISSION OF AQUITAINE—MARCH AGAINST THE MORINI AND THE MENAPII.
- CHAPTER VII. (Year of Rome 699.) (Book IV of the “Commentaries.”) INCURSIONS OF THE USIPETES AND THE TENCTERI—FIRST PASSAGE OF THE RHINE—FIRST DESCENT IN BRITAIN—CHASTISEMENT OF THE MORINI AND THE MENAPII.
- CHAPTER VIII (Year of Rome 700.) (Book V. of the “Commentaries.”) MARCH AGAINST THE TREVIRI—SECOND DESCENT IN BRITAIN.
- CHAPTER IX. (Year of Rome 701.) (Book VI. of the “Commentaries.”) CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE NERVII AND THE TREVIRI—SECOND PASSAGE OF THE RHINE—WAR AGAINST AMBIORIX AND THE TREVIRI.
- CHAPTER X. (Year of Rome 702.) (Book VII. of the “Commentaries.”) REVOLT OF GAUL—CAPTURE OF VELLAUNODUNUM, GENABUM, AND NOVIODUNUM—SIEGES OF AVARICUM AND GERGOVIA—CAMPAIGN OF LABIENUS AGAINST THE PARISII—SIEGE OF ALESIA.
- CHAPTER XI. (Year of Rome 703.) (Book VIII.[540] of the “Commentaries.”)
- BOOK IV. RECAPITULATION OF THE WAR IN GAUL, AND RELATION OF EVENTS AT ROME FROM 696 TO 705.
- CHAPTER I. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 696.
- CHAPTER II. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 697.
- CHAPTER III. EVENTS IN ROME DURING THE YEAR 698.
- CHAPTER IV. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 699.
- CHAPTER V. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 700
- CHAPTER VI. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 701.
- CHAPTER VII. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 702.
- CHAPTER VIII. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 703.
- CHAPTER IX. EVENTS OF THE YEAR 704.
- CHAPTER X. EVENTS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 705.
- APPENDIX A. CONCORDANCE OF DATES OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN CALENDAR WITH THE JULIAN STYLE, FOR THE YEARS OF ROME 691-709.
- APPENDIX B. CONCORDANCE OF ROMAN AND MODERN HOURS, For the Year of Rome 699 (55 B.C.) and for the Latitude of Paris.
- APPENDIX C. NOTE ON THE ANCIENT COINS COLLECTED IN THE EXCAVATIONS AT ALISE.
- LIST OF ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS AT ALISE.
- APPENDIX D. NOTICE ON CÆSAR’S LIEUTENANTS.
- FOOTNOTES:
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