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Caesar's Civil War : Historical Reality and Fabrication.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mnemosyne, Supplements SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (416 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004356153
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Caesar's Civil WarDDC classification:
  • 878.0109
LOC classification:
  • PA6246 .W478 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎List of Maps -- ‎List of Block Quotations -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Chapter 1. Introduction -- ‎Chapter 2. The Civil War of 49-48BCE -- ‎Chapter 3. Italia -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. Crossing the Rubicon -- ‎2. Opening the Sanctius Aerarium -- ‎3. The Sources of Soldiers -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. Hispania -- ‎1. Laudes Hispaniae -- ‎2. C. Caesar and Hispania -- ‎3. Cn. Pompeius and Hispania -- ‎4. The Significance of Clientelae -- ‎Chapter 5. Gallia -- ‎1. Omnis Gallia Germaniaque -- ‎2. Massilia an Ally -- ‎3. Massilia a Provincial Capital? -- ‎4. Geopolitical Considerations -- ‎5. Chagrin at Massilia -- ‎6. Massilia and Phocaea, or the Theme of Libertas -- ‎Chapter 6. Africa -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. The Sources of Caesar's Narrative -- ‎2. Legitimacy of Command -- ‎3. Roman Armies in North Africa -- ‎4. The Grain of Africa -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 7. Macedonia -- ‎1. Caesar Fleeing Forwards -- ‎2. Pompeius' Preparations for 48BCE -- ‎3. Life in the Military -- ‎4. Other Than Soldiers -- ‎5. Supply-Lines -- ‎6. The Provincial Burden -- ‎Chapter 8. Asia -- ‎1. From Pharsalus to Alexandria -- ‎2. Ephesus Capital of Asia -- ‎3. The Ceremony and Rhetoric of Arrival -- ‎4. Caesar and the Sanctuary of Artemis of Ephesus -- ‎Chapter 9. Aegyptus -- ‎1. Of Civil Wars Roman and Egyptian -- ‎2. The Wealth of Egypt -- ‎3. Banking and Imperialism -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Weights, Measures, and Currencies -- ‎Maps. Theatres of War in 49-48BCE -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Texts, Commentaries, and Translations -- ‎Monographs and Articles -- ‎Index of Ancient Authors and Non-Literary Sources -- ‎Epigraphic, Numismatic, and Papyrological Sources -- ‎Literary Sources -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Persons -- ‎Index of Places -- ‎Index of Subjects -- ‎Index of Greek and Latin Words and Expressions.
Summary: In Caesar's Civil War: Historical Reality and Fabrication Westall offers an innovative approach to Caesar's Bellum Civile that combines literary analysis of the Latin text with a concern for the socio-economic history of the Roman empire.
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Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎List of Maps -- ‎List of Block Quotations -- ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Chapter 1. Introduction -- ‎Chapter 2. The Civil War of 49-48BCE -- ‎Chapter 3. Italia -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. Crossing the Rubicon -- ‎2. Opening the Sanctius Aerarium -- ‎3. The Sources of Soldiers -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. Hispania -- ‎1. Laudes Hispaniae -- ‎2. C. Caesar and Hispania -- ‎3. Cn. Pompeius and Hispania -- ‎4. The Significance of Clientelae -- ‎Chapter 5. Gallia -- ‎1. Omnis Gallia Germaniaque -- ‎2. Massilia an Ally -- ‎3. Massilia a Provincial Capital? -- ‎4. Geopolitical Considerations -- ‎5. Chagrin at Massilia -- ‎6. Massilia and Phocaea, or the Theme of Libertas -- ‎Chapter 6. Africa -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. The Sources of Caesar's Narrative -- ‎2. Legitimacy of Command -- ‎3. Roman Armies in North Africa -- ‎4. The Grain of Africa -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 7. Macedonia -- ‎1. Caesar Fleeing Forwards -- ‎2. Pompeius' Preparations for 48BCE -- ‎3. Life in the Military -- ‎4. Other Than Soldiers -- ‎5. Supply-Lines -- ‎6. The Provincial Burden -- ‎Chapter 8. Asia -- ‎1. From Pharsalus to Alexandria -- ‎2. Ephesus Capital of Asia -- ‎3. The Ceremony and Rhetoric of Arrival -- ‎4. Caesar and the Sanctuary of Artemis of Ephesus -- ‎Chapter 9. Aegyptus -- ‎1. Of Civil Wars Roman and Egyptian -- ‎2. The Wealth of Egypt -- ‎3. Banking and Imperialism -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎Weights, Measures, and Currencies -- ‎Maps. Theatres of War in 49-48BCE -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Texts, Commentaries, and Translations -- ‎Monographs and Articles -- ‎Index of Ancient Authors and Non-Literary Sources -- ‎Epigraphic, Numismatic, and Papyrological Sources -- ‎Literary Sources -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Persons -- ‎Index of Places -- ‎Index of Subjects -- ‎Index of Greek and Latin Words and Expressions.

In Caesar's Civil War: Historical Reality and Fabrication Westall offers an innovative approach to Caesar's Bellum Civile that combines literary analysis of the Latin text with a concern for the socio-economic history of the Roman empire.

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