Customer Reviews
Commentaries - By: M. G. Tokyo, 19 Mar 2010 
This is Caesar's own account (writtenin the third person) of his conquestsin Gaul. This of course means that the account is less than reliablein parts. Nevertheless it still remains a key account of the events of that time. It was intended as a factual base for other more florid historians to write their accounts. In the end, few contemporary historians tried as the "Commentaries" stood so well on their own.
The style is direct & told without emotion so might not be to the tastes of those who like to "feel" their history. However it still stands today as the primary source for these events so it's well worth a read.
One negative point for me was the amount of annotations; although very useful for a book like this the sheer number tended to distract a little from the story at times.
Caesar's blog - By: Cicero, 18 Feb 2010 
"My account of how I saved Rome from the terrible Gauls by C. Julius Caesar". Spin was not inventedin the 21st century, Caesar did a great job as his own spin doctor, these are a translation of his published "memoirs" from his campaignsin Gaul, written carefully to appeal to the Roman audience, but not so exaggerated that they could be decried as rubbish. Very interesting read, providing insight into the Roman viewpoint of the Gallic Wars. Interesting & informative Classical history, Julius Caesar & the Roman Republic.
