Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War

by Julius Caesar
&
Gaius Julius Caesar: A Brief Biography
by Henry Stewart Jones

Translated by Rex Warner

Narrator: Charlton Griffin
Codec: 24kbps MP3
Program Format: Unabridged
Publisher: Audio Connoisseur, 2004
Duration: 16 hours : 35 min.
ISBN: 1-929718-44-6
http://www.audioconnoisseur.com/

Table of Contents: mm:ss

00 Gaius Julius Caesar - A Brief Biography 00:00

[by H.S. Jones]

01 The Gallic Wars, I 58 BCE

Despriptions of Gaul - First Operations Against the Helvetii 00:00
End of the Campaign Against the Helvetii 22:14
Ariovistus: Preliminary Moves 46:00
The Defeat of Ariovistus 68:02

02 The Gallic Wars, II 57 BCE

Conspiracy of the Belgae 00:00
Campaign Against the Nervii 19:44
Defeat of the Aduatuci 36:28

03 The Gallic Wars, III 56 BCE

Galba's Campaign of the Alps 00:00
Revolt of the Coastal Tribes 07:50
Operations in Aquitania and on the Channel Coast 27:48

04 The Gallic Wars, IV 55 BCE

German Invasion of Gaul - The Romans Cross The Rhine 00:00
The First Invasion of Britain 35:11

05 The Gallic Wars, V 54 BCE

The Second Invasion of Britain 00:00
A Revolt in Gaul - Destruction of a Roman Army 30:33
The Attack on Cicero's Camp 51:41
Further Revolts 72:29

06 The Gallic Wars, VI 53 BCE

Suppression of Further Revolts 00:00
Customs and Characteristics of the Gauls and Germans 16:41
The Suit and the Orex 40:28

07 The Gallic Wars, VII 52 BCE

Vercingetorix - The Beginning of the War 00:00
The Siege of Borge 17:49
Defeat at Gergovia and Revolt of the Aedui 46:05
Labienus on the Seine - Defeat of Vercingetorix's Cavalry 87:05
The Seige of Alesia 104:11
08 The Gallic Wars, VIII 51-50 BCE
Preface: Letter to Balbus 00:00
The Supression of the Bituriges, Carnutes & Bellovaci 03:32
Final Operations - Capture of Uxellodunum 37:14
Conclusion 69:08
[by General Aulus Hortius]

09 The Civil Wars, I [IofII] 50 BCE

The Senate Refuses to Compromise 00:00
Caesar Invades Italy 12:34
Capture of Corfinium 26:58
Pompey Retires from Italy 39:36
At Rome and at Marseille 53:00

10 The Civil Wars, I [IIofII] 50 BCE

The Campagne at Loreda: First Stages 00:00
Naval Battle at Marseille 23:13
The Campaign at Loreda: Second Phase 26:51
The Campaign at Loreda: Final Victory 50:11

11 The Civil Wars, II 49 BCE

The Siege of Marseille 00:00
Settlement of Western Spain & Surrender of Marseille 23:19
Curio's Campaign in Africa 34:04

12 The Civil Wars, III [IofII] 49-48 BCE

Preparations for the Alerian Campaign 00:00
The Landing in Alerium and First Moves 06:57
The Conspiracy of Cailius 28:11
Re-enforcements Arrive from Italy 33:04
Scipio in Asia and Macedonia 43:48
The Main Front at Doratso 56:03

13 The Civil Wars, III [IIofII] 39-84 BCE

Further Operations - A Pompeyan Success 00:00
The Move Into Thessaly 30:51
The Battle of Fasollis 38:09
Death of Pompey - Operations in Egypt 64:12

Audiobook Publisher's Summary

Julius Caesar wrote his exciting Commentaries during some of the most grueling
campaigns ever undertaken by a Roman army. The Gallic Wars and The Civil Wars
constitute the greatest series of military dispatches ever written. As literature,
they are representative of the finest expressions of Latin prose in its "golden"
age, a benchmark of elegant style and masculine brevity imitated by young
schoolboys for centuries.

One of the most daring and brilliant generals of all time, Julius Caesar combined
the elements of tactical genius with the shrewdness of a master politician. He was
an astute judge of men's character, their strengths and weaknesses. Whenever
possible, he exercised restraint and mercy even when his worst enemies were in his
power. But he also knew when and how to mete out stern punishment and his swift
retaliations became a hallmark of his career. With his charismatic leadership, his
powerful intellect, and his magnetic personal charm, Julius Caesar became the idol
of men and women everywhere. The fanatic loyalty of his troops and the adulation of
the Roman public propelled him to the pinnacle of power. Historian Will Durant
called him "the most complete man that antiquity produced."

Follow along in this recording as Julius Caesar, in 50 B.C., undertakes the awesome
enterprise of subduing savage Gaul, an area roughly the size of Texas. That task
was barely completed before his enemies in Rome struck, igniting the bloody Civil
War that engulfed most of the Roman Empire and afterward left Caesar in supreme
power.

This text was translated by Rex Warner.

and (P)2004 Audio Connoisseur