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Lucan Text

Lucan's Pharsalia poem about the Civil War featuring Caesar and Pompey.

Lucan - Text of Pharsalia or the Civil War

"Lucan's "Pharsalia" was left (probably) unfinished upon his death, coincidentally breaking off at almost the exact same point where Julius Caesar broke off in his commentary "On the Civil War". Ten books are extant; no one knows how many more Lucan planned, but two to six more books (possibly taking the story as far as Caesar's assassination in B.C. 46) seem a reasonable estimate."

Plutarch Texts: Life of Caesar

English translation of Plutarch's life of Caesar begins with Caesar's relationships with Sulla (Sylla) and Marius.

Caesar's Gallic Wars in Latin

"Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres." Caesar's Callic Wars Book I in Latin.

Caesar Texts

The writings of Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic and Civil Wars.

Caesar, by Plutarch

The Dryden translation of Plutarch's biography of Julius Caesar.

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