C. Julii Caesaris Et A. Hirtii: de Rebus À C. Julio Caesare Gestis Commentarii Cum C. Jul. Caesaris Fragmentis (Classic Reprint)

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HE RE A S Our Trufiy and Well-beloved mjwe! Maìrrain, Gent. Hath hornn reprel'ented unto Us, That he hath with great Labour and Expence prepared for the Pref: a complete Colleflwn of all the Greek and Latin Authors in Twelves, with complete Indexer, and has there. Fore humbly befought Us to grant him our Royal Hivilege and Li cence for the [ole Printing and Publilhing thereof for the Term of Fourteen Years: We being willing to give all due Encouragement to Works of this Nature, which tend to the Advancement of Learning, are Gracioully pleat'ed to condel'cend to his Requefi and do therefore, by thefe Pre&ms, grant unto him the (and [michael fila:: taire, hrs Exeeutors, Admimftrators, and Affigns, Our Royal Licence for the (ole Printing and Publiflring the complete Colkfz'.on of all the Greek and Latin Authors in Twelves, with complete In dexes aforcfaid, for the Term of Fourteen Years, from the Date hereof. Fitiftly forbidding all Our Sabje ts Within Our Kingdoms and Dominions to Reprint the farne, either in the hke, or in any other Volume or Volumes whatfoesen; or to Import, Buy, Vend, Utter, or Difiribute any Copies t?ereof Reyrmted keyond the Seas, duzéng the aforel'aid Term of Fourteen Years, tlmut the Corinne or Approbation of the fiid ]lficbael fliairrarn, his Heirs, Executons, and Aliîgns, under his or their Hands and Seals fir(t had and oh tained; ag they will Anfw'er the Contrary at t'nerr P ril. Whereof' the Commifiioners and other Officers of Our Cufloms, the Matin, Warden3, and Company of Stat: erer: are to take Notice, Tt the fame may be entered in the Regifier of the {aid Company, and that due Obedi° ce be rendered thereunto. Given at Our Court at St. J'arres's, t e fourth Day of Ajml, 1713. In the TW elfth Year Of Our Reign.

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Born into a noble family that had fallen from influence, Gaius Julius Caesar secured his future by allying himself early in his life with the popular general and senator, Gaius Marius. Although Caesar's refusal to divorce his wife Cordelia led him to flee Rome for a period, the political and military campaigns he conducted upon his return both renewed and increased his prominence. With Senators Crassus and Pompey, he formed the First Triumvirate in 60 and 59 B.C., and for the next 10 years served as governor of several Roman provinces. His decision to assume the position of Roman consul led to war, to an encounter in Egypt with Cleopatra, and ultimately to his position as dictator of Rome. His increasing popularity and power, brought about by the numerous reforms he initiated, led to his assassination by a group of conspirators who feared he would try to make himself king. Caesar left posterity his accounts of his campaigns in Gaul (modern France) and against his rival Pompey. Although the campaigns were self-serving in the extreme, they nevertheless provide an immensely valuable historical source for the last years of the Republic. His works mirror his character. He was an individual of outstanding genius and versatility: a brilliant soldier, a stylist whose lucidity reflects his clarity of vision, an inspiring leader, and a personality of hypnotically attractive charm. But the verdict of antiquity rests upon his single, altogether Roman, flaw-he could not bear to be the second man in the state. To preserve his position, he made war on his political enemies and brought down the Republic. Then, as he was incapable of restoring the republican regime, which had furnished his political contemporaries with a sense of freedom, power, and self-respect, he was stabbed to death by his own friends.

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