This comprehensive reader utilizes a step-by-step approach to help students of Latin read and understand the longest and most dramatic book of Caesar's Gallic War. Book 7 is the culmination of the conflict between Gaul, led by the young Arvernian Vercingetorix and fighting for its freedom and political survival, and the Romans, led by Julius Caesar and fighting for hegemony and political mastery. The final battle at Alesia, pitting the united might of Gaul at 339,000 men against a Roman army of 40,000, changed the course of Western history. This reader is ideal for Latin students of all levels who have a basic knowledge of grammar and morphology. The Latin text of all 90 chapters of Book 7 is broken down into manageable segments, normally about a sentence in length. Immediately following, all vocabulary is provided with several meanings of each word selected for that particular context. This is especially helpful for beginning students who are sometimes unsure which definition of a given word to select for translation. Following the vocabulary, there are notes on the passage. A unique feature of this reader is that the notes are complete and cover the syntax of every construction and every word in turn. The thoroughness of this reader facilitates speed in reading, increases comprehension, and promotes satisfaction in reading a difficult language. The benefits of this approach will be shared by teachers and students alike.
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This review is from: Book 7 of Caesar's Bellum Gallicum: With Introduction, Text, Vocabulary and Notes (Paperback)
Outstanding. Makes clear Ceasar's idiomatic latin. Book 7 might well be the most important of all of Ceasar's books. The Gallic War (and the Civil War) should be read by all who are concerned about the war in Iraq today! As fierce a fighter and as compasionate a diplomat as he was, it still took Ceasar 8 years to quell the "civil" war in Gaul.
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QUIETA Gallia: Ablative absolute with an adjective (QUIETA) taking the place of a participle (there is no participle for "being") (see Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar, henceforth abbreviated A.G., 419.a-20). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nominative demonstrative pronoun, ablative demonstrative pronoun, accusative demonstrative pronoun, adverb cum, accusative possessive pronoun, direct reflexive pronoun, nominative relative pronoun, accusative gerundive, two ablative nouns, ablative relative pronoun, two accusative nouns, genitive demonstrative pronoun, preceding positive one, asyndeton construction, negative precedes the word, enclitic conjunction, pluperfect denotes, imagining past events, nominative perfect, conjunction quod, personal pronoun vos, second periphrastic, pronoun eos, two nominative nouns, dative possessive pronoun Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Augustan Age, Harvard University Press, Eporedorix Viridomarus, The Loeb Classical Library, Antistius Reginus, Caninius Rebilus, Loire River, Lucius Fabius, Oxford University Press, Aulerci Cenomani, Cisalpine Gaul, Gains Fabius, Gains Valerius Caburus, Aulerci Brannovices, Aulerci Eburovices, Carolyn Hammond, Gains Valerius Donnotaurus, New Translation, Paul Murphy, Titus Sextius, Transalpine Gaul, Antistium Reginum, Caninium Rebilum, Cimbrorum Teutonumque, Fufium Citarn New!
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QUIETA Gallia: Ablative absolute with an adjective (QUIETA) taking the place of a participle (there is no participle for "being") (see Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar, henceforth abbreviated A.G., 419.a-20). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nominative demonstrative pronoun, ablative demonstrative pronoun, accusative demonstrative pronoun, adverb cum, accusative possessive pronoun, direct reflexive pronoun, nominative relative pronoun, accusative gerundive, two ablative nouns, ablative relative pronoun, two accusative nouns, genitive demonstrative pronoun, preceding positive one, asyndeton construction, negative precedes the word, enclitic conjunction, pluperfect denotes, imagining past events, nominative perfect, conjunction quod, personal pronoun vos, second periphrastic, pronoun eos, two nominative nouns, dative possessive pronoun Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Augustan Age, Harvard University Press, Eporedorix Viridomarus, The Loeb Classical Library, Antistius Reginus, Caninius Rebilus, Loire River, Lucius Fabius, Oxford University Press, Aulerci Cenomani, Cisalpine Gaul, Gains Fabius, Gains Valerius Caburus, Aulerci Brannovices, Aulerci Eburovices, Carolyn Hammond, Gains Valerius Donnotaurus, New Translation, Paul Murphy, Titus Sextius, Transalpine Gaul, Antistium Reginum, Caninium Rebilum, Cimbrorum Teutonumque, Fufium Citarn New!
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- De bello Gallico. Ausgewählte Texte. (Lernmaterialien) by Gaius Julius Caesar on 4 pages
- Bellum Gallicum on 4 pages
- The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme by John Keegan in Front Matter, and page 382
- A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine by M. Cary in Front Matter, and page 380
- Lives of the Caesars (Oxford World's Classics) by Suetonius on page 381, and page 382
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