NetLibrary's April eBook of the Month

Caesar in Gaul and Rome: War in Words
By Andrew M. Riggsby
University of Texas Press, 2006

Anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with Latin knows "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres" ("All Gaul is divided into three parts"), theopening line of De Bello Gallico, Julius Caesar's famous commentary on his campaigns against the Gauls. But what did Caesar intend to accomplish bywriting and publishing his commentaries, how did he go about it, and what potentially unforeseen consequences did his writing have?

These are the questions that author Andrew Riggsby pursues in the award-winning Caesar in Gaul and Rome. Named by the Association of AmericanPublishers as the 2006 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) award winner for Excellence in Classics and Ancient History, Caesar in Gauland Rome uses contemporary literary methods to examine the historical impact De Bello Gallico had on the Roman reading public and offers a freshinterpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and self-presentation.

The April eBook of the Month is provided through the generous support of University of Texas Press and will be available to the Mount Aloysius College community with free, unlimited access April 1-30 through the Library webpage (on Library home page click Library Databases and scroll down to OCLC NetLibrary and eBook of the Month) or by following this link: http://www.netlibrary.com

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