C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii Rerum Gestarum. Vol. I: Bellum Gallicum

1961 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
James W. Halporn ◽  
Otto Seel
Keyword(s):  
Bellum Gallicum

Hair, Hegemony, and Historiography: Caesar’s Style and its Earliest Critics

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Shuttleworth Kraus
Keyword(s):  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Bellum Gallicum ◽  
Official Records ◽  
Biographical Tradition

The ancient term commentarius designates works ranging from official records to collections of anecdotes to historical narrative. The ancient historiographical commentarius tended to be represented as an emperor in search of new clothes, as it were – clothing that would provide the copia, ornatus, and completeness appropriate to a work of artistic prose. The three ancient critics presented testify to the frustrations inherent in evaluating a Caesarian commentarius. Additionally, some ways in which the ancient reactions to the Commentarii are reflected in modern criticism (primarily of the Bellum Gallicum) are covered. The chapter then demonstrates that what Eden (1962:74) calls the ‘ambivalent status’ of the commentarius does fit closely with the biographical tradition concerning Caesar’s habits, dress, and demeanor; and further, suggests that same biographical tradition can be read as a complex of metaphors. Caesar’s particular brand of commentarius may be just the kind of oratio this character deserved.

Heroic Resonances in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum 5

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-370
Author(s):  
Jennifer Gerrish
Keyword(s):  
Bellum Gallicum

IRONY AND THE TEXT OF CAESAR, BELLVM GALLICVM 5.31.5

2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 307-310
Author(s):  
Rex Stem
Keyword(s):  
Bellum Gallicum

The sentence that comprises 5.31.5 in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum has long been felt to be problematic. It was deleted entirely by H. Meusel. A. Klotz posited a lacuna after quare. Others sought smaller adjustments. Yet, the defence of the text as transmitted also drew advocates (T. Rice Holmes, A. Ernout, O. Seel) and the debate quietened. The current Teubner edition, by W. Hering in 1987, prints the transmitted text and does not acknowledge the debate in the apparatus criticus. I propose a new solution, one that reinterprets the sentence in context and requires a small textual change from et to nec. I will first set the context and identify problems with the conventional understanding of 5.31.5.

scholarly journals An Emendation of Caesar Bellum Gallicum VI. 30. 4

1906 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-291
Author(s):  
Walter Dennison
Keyword(s):  
Bellum Gallicum

"Apertos Cuniculos" (Caesar Bellum Gallicum vii. 22. 5)

1940 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-192
Author(s):  
John N. Hough
Keyword(s):  
Bellum Gallicum
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