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Julius Caesar as Artful Reporter : The War Commentaries as Political Instruments by Anton Powell (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherClassical Press of Wales, T.H.E.

ISBN-100715628593

ISBN-139780715628591

eBay Product ID (ePID)973246

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameJulius Caesar As Artful Reporter : the War Commentaries As Political Instruments

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

SubjectAncient / Rome, Rhetoric

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History

AuthorAnton Powell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight19.3 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal937/.05/092

SynopsisNine contributions demonstrate that the appearance of simplicity in Julius Caesar's writings is achieved through subtle skill in the selection of style, language and content, which promotes Caesar and downplays Roman enemies. Contents: The publication of De Bello Gallico (T. P. Wiseman); Ratio and Romanitas in the Bellum Gallicum (L. G. H. Hall); The Logos of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum (Catherine Torigian); C. E. Stevens and the tradition on Caesar the propagandist (Barbara Levick_; Caesar and his officers in the Gallic War commentaries (Kathryn Welch); Caesar and the presentation of massacre (Anton Powell); Noble Gauls and their other in Caesar's propaganda (Jonathan Barlow); Caesar's portrayal of Gauls as warriors (Louis Rawlings) and 'Instinctive genius': The depiction of Caesar the general (Adrian Goldsworthy)., Demonstrates that the appearance of simplicity in Julius Caesar's writings is achieved through subtle skill in the selection of style, language and content, which promotes Caesar and downplays Roman enemies.