Author:Gaius Julius Caesar

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Gaius Julius Caesar
(100 BCE – 44 BCE)

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Roman political leader and general; instrumental in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. A politician of the popular faction and a daring military commander, he formed an unofficial triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus, conquered Gaul, fought and won a civil war against The Senate and his former ally, Pompey, and became perpetual dictator of Rome. In 44 BC he was assassinated by senators hoping to restore the Republic, but after 13 years of power struggle and civil war, Caesar's adopted son Augustus would establish permanent autocratic rule

Works

War Commentaries

The Gallic War (Books 1-7 by Caesar; Book 8 written by Aulus Hirtius)
The Civil War
The Alexandrian War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius)
The African War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius)
The Spanish War (attributed to Caesar, possibly written by Aulus Hirtius or Gaius Oppius)
The Commentaries of Caesar..., trans. by William Duncan (1753)

Letters

Cicero, Letters to friends 7.5: To Caesar in Gaul, from Rome, February 54 BC
Fragments of Letters

Other works

Fragments of poetry
Fragments of Analogy
Fragments of Anticato
Fragments of Speeches

Works about Caesar

"Cæsar, Gaius Julius," by George N. Olcott in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
"Caesar, Gaius Julius," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Suetonius, The Life of Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

On his works

The Commentaries of Cæsar by Anthony Trollope (1870)
"Cæsar's Commentaries," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)

External links

Plutarch, Life of Julius Caesar

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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