(December 30, 2014 at 4:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:He had this passage about an uprising against the senate where everyone just went home after they realized that not enough people had showed up.
Sounds like the typical right-wing rally in Washington.
Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico is more political propaganda than history. However, beggars can't be choosers and we are definitely beggars when it comes to ancient history.
I disagree, somewhat. While certainly politically motivated (the senate was going to metaphorically emasculate Caesar when he got back from Gaul, the books were a sort of pre-emptive defense), I think it's a stretch to call it political propaganda. It's actually a very good history, being written as a journal by the key player in the events it describes.
His three volumes on the Civil War, on the other hand, are almost pure propaganda, written for the dual purposes of making himself the savior of Rome and his enemies look weak and foolish, or even evil.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
