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The Caesars
| Author: | De Quincey, Thomas
Shared by: Ata Uysal |
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| Language: | English | |
| Number of downloads: | 57 | |
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| Source: | http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6672 | |
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Julius Caesar gives a first hand account of his military campaigns in, what is now, France Britain Belgium Germany Italy and Egypt. The commentaries where written -or dictated- shortly before Caesar death in the 15 March 44 BC. Caesar describes blow by blow the tactics and strategies used to win over 80 battles against a number of enemies both foreign and domestic.
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