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Discusses every aspect of the four year Roman Civil War that began in 49 BCE, with individual chapters devoted to campaigns in Greece, Africa, Spain, and Egypt.

Table of Contents

Chronology Preface The Rise of Caesar Prologue: Three Men Sulla Against Caesar Rome and Its Neighbors Pompey and Cicero Conquer Rome The Road to Gaul and Back Caesar and Pompey Across the Rubicon The First Spanish Campaign The Siege of Massilia Curio in Africa The Campaign in Macedonia The Battle of Pharsalus Caesar and Cleopatra The Alexandrian War Veni, Vidi, Vici The Last Campaign The Ides of March Epilogue: Cicero Notes Selected Bibliography Index of Persons General Index

About the Author

RAMON L. JIMÉNEZ, a freelance writer, has devoted much of the last ten years to studying and writing about Julius Caesar, the Celts, and the history of the late Roman Republic.

Reviews

"Jimenez's narrative of the civil wars that ended the Roman Republic will be welcome alike to specialists and general readers. His well-organized chapters integrate state-of-the-art descriptions of the Roman way of war into clearly written accounts of sieges, skirmishes, and pitched battles on land and sea. Above all, however, this book tells the story of a man simultaneously a master of civil war's tactics and a failure at its policy levels....Pragmatism and public relations skills made him a formidable politician. Yet despite--or perhaps because of--these great gifts, Caesar failed to develop and articulate an idea of what should become of Rome....Rome might no longer be a republic, but it remained a society of law--not whim."-Dennis Showalter Department of History Colorado College

?The narrative is clearly written and accompanied by useful maps...?-The Journal of Military History

"The narrative is clearly written and accompanied by useful maps..."-The Journal of Military History