Bellum Gallicum

aka Commentarii de Bello Gallico [Commentaries on the Gallic War]

The Gallic War

Author

Julius Caesar

Language

Classical Latin

Year

58 BCE

Country

Ancient Rome

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Commentarii de Bello Gallico, also Bellum Gallicum, is Julius Caesar's first-hand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it, Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Celtic and Germanic peoples in Gaul who opposed Roman conquest.