Civil Wars

Synopsis

Caesar (c. Iulius, 102? 44 bce), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator sulla; served in the mithridatic wars and in spain; pushed his way in roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition with pompey and crassus; conquered all gaul for rome; attacked britain twice; was forced into civil war; became master of the roman world; and achieved wide-reaching reforms until his murder. We have his books of commentarii (notes): eight on his wars in gaul, 58? 52 bc, including the two expeditions to britain 55?