Contents

Introduction  vii

Map of Gaul  xliv

FIRST COMMENTARY: 58 BCE  1

SECOND COMMENTARY: 57 BCE  40

THIRD COMMENTARY: 56 BCE  61

FOURTH COMMENTARY: 55 BCE  80

FIFTH COMMENTARY: 54 BCE  104

SIXTH COMMENTARY: 53 BCE  140

SEVENTH COMMENTARY: 52 BCE  167

EIGHTH COMMENTARY: 51–50 BCE  220

EIGHTH COMMENTARY: (CONTINUED) 50 BCE  250

After War, after Gaul  259

Three Meditations on Caesar, His War, and His Book  263

Chronology  267

Acknowledgments  271

A Brief Index of Key Terms  275