LEADER 02498nam 2200469 450 001 9910511449603321 005 20190826145055.0 010 $a90-04-35615-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004356153 035 $a(CKB)4100000000932333 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5570576 035 $a 2017043659 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004356153 035 $a(PPN)231191774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5570576 035 $a(OCoLC)1003641935 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000932333 100 $a20170912d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCaesar's Civil War $ehistorical reality and fabrication /$fby Richard W. Westall 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 400 pages) 225 0 $aMnemosyne supplements ;$vv. 410 311 $a90-04-35614-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Introduction -- The Civil War of 49?48?BCE -- Italia -- Hispania -- Gallia -- Africa -- Macedonia -- Asia -- Aegyptus -- Conclusion -- Weights, Measures, and Currencies -- Maps. Theatres of War in 49?48?BCE -- Bibliography -- Indexes. 330 $aIn Caesar's Civil War: Historical Reality and Fabrication , Westall combines literary analysis of Caesar?s Bellum Civile with a concern for the socio-economic history of the Roman empire. The Bellum Gallicum and the Shakespearean play are better known, but Caesar?s partisan account of the Roman civil war culminating in the battle of Pharsalus offers a historical text of perennial interest and relevance. Two introductory chapters contextualize this book and offer a traditional narrative of political and military history for 49-48 BCE. There follow seven chapters that are dedicated to each of the geographical theatres of civil war. These chapters show how Caesar?s testimony sheds important light upon the nature of Roman rule in the Mediterranean, but also explore the problems to be encountered in using potentially tendentious testimony. 410 0$aMnemosyne, Supplements$v410. 607 $aRome$xHistory$xHistoriography$yCivil War, 49-45 B.C 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a937/.05 700 $aWestall$b Richard$0819964 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511449603321 996 $aCaesar's Civil War$92550364 997 $aUNINA