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A fresh interpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and his self-presentation.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
    • The Social Life of Texts
    • The Composition of De Bello Gallico
    • Reality and Representation
  • 1. Where Was the Gallic War?
    • Types of Space
    • Geographic Space in De Bello Gallico
    • Tactical Space, Surveying, and the Possession of Gaul
  • 2. The "Other" and the Other "Other"
    • The Ethnographic Tradition
    • Caesar's Ethnography
  • 3. Technology, Virtue, Victory
    • Siegecraft in De Bello Gallico
    • Virtus in De Bello Gallico
    • The Gallic Assimilation of Virtus
    • Conclusion
  • 4. Alien Nation
    • Playing the Cannibal
    • Rhetorics of Empire
    • What Is a Roman?
  • 5. Formal Questions
    • Who and What?
    • To What End?
    • Whose Voice?
  • 6. Empire and the "Just War"
    • The Theory of the Just War
    • Just War Theory in the Real World
    • Cicero's Textual Practice
    • Caesar's Textual Practice
  • 7. New and Improved, Sort Of
    • Facing the Alternatives
    • Comparanda
    • How Does Caesar Compare?
    • Propaganda
  • Appendix A: Wars against "Barbarians"
  • Apppendix B: Generals' Inscriptions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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    Publisher: University of Texas Press
    Publication Date: 01/07/2006
    ISBN13: 9780292726178, 978-0292726178
    ISBN10: 0292726171
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    Ancient, classical and medieval texts European history: the Romans

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    A fresh interpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and his self-presentation.

    Table of Contents
    • Introduction
      • The Social Life of Texts
      • The Composition of De Bello Gallico
      • Reality and Representation
    • 1. Where Was the Gallic War?
      • Types of Space
      • Geographic Space in De Bello Gallico
      • Tactical Space, Surveying, and the Possession of Gaul
    • 2. The "Other" and the Other "Other"
      • The Ethnographic Tradition
      • Caesar's Ethnography
    • 3. Technology, Virtue, Victory
      • Siegecraft in De Bello Gallico
      • Virtus in De Bello Gallico
      • The Gallic Assimilation of Virtus
      • Conclusion
    • 4. Alien Nation
      • Playing the Cannibal
      • Rhetorics of Empire
      • What Is a Roman?
    • 5. Formal Questions
      • Who and What?
      • To What End?
      • Whose Voice?
    • 6. Empire and the "Just War"
      • The Theory of the Just War
      • Just War Theory in the Real World
      • Cicero's Textual Practice
      • Caesar's Textual Practice
    • 7. New and Improved, Sort Of
      • Facing the Alternatives
      • Comparanda
      • How Does Caesar Compare?
      • Propaganda
    • Appendix A: Wars against "Barbarians"
    • Apppendix B: Generals' Inscriptions
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    • Index

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