Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar, 100 BCE–44 BCE) was a military commander, statesman, and writer of the late Roman Republic. He conquered Gaul, won the civil war, served as consul and dictator for life, and introduced the Julian calendar. His surviving works, chiefly De Bello Gallico and Commentarii de Bello Civili, are mostly written in the third person, with a plain, restrained, and unsentimental style and clear narrative order. They serve both as records of campaigns and as political justification, and have long been regarded as primary sources for the military and political history of the late Republic. Four of his works are held in this collection, and annotated editions and readers are also available. Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE.