The Commentaries of Caesar (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Anthony Trollope

 
9780243073931: The Commentaries of Caesar (Classic Reprint)

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It may perhaps be fairly said that the Cominentaries of Caesar are the beginning of modem history. He wrote, indeed, nearly two thousand years ago; but he wrote, not of times then long past, but of things which were done under his own eyes, and of his own deeds. And he wrote of countries with which we are familiar, of our Britain, for instance, which he twice invaded, of peoples not so far remote but that we can identify them with our neighbours and ourselves; and he so wrote as to make us feel that we are reading actual history, and not romance. The simplicity of the narratives which he has left is their chief characteristic, if not their greatest charm. We feel sure that the circumstances which he tells us did occur, and that they occurred very nearly as he tells them. He deals with those great movements in Europe from which have A. c. vol. iv.
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