Commentarii de Bello Civili
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Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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Target entity: Commentarii de Bello Civili Context triple: [Julius Caesar, notableWork, Commentarii de Bello Civili]
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Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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Gallic Wars
The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns led by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BCE that resulted in the Roman conquest of Gaul and greatly increased Caesar’s power and fame.
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The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Commentarii de Bello Civili Target entity description: Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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A.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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B.
Gallic Wars
The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns led by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BCE that resulted in the Roman conquest of Gaul and greatly increased Caesar’s power and fame.
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C.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
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D.
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
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E.
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Latin prose text
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ancient Roman literature ⓘ historical work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | mid-40s BC ⓘ |
| author | Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| beginsWithEvent |
Battle of the Rubicon
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surface form:
Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon
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| completionStatus | unfinished ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Caesar’s pursuit of Pompey into Greece
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Pharsalus ⓘ
surface form:
battle of Pharsalus
campaigns in Spain against Pompeian forces ⓘ Siege of Massilia ⓘ
surface form:
siege of Massilia
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| hasModernEditions | critical editions in Latin ⓘ |
| hasModernTranslations | multiple modern languages ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered | 49–48 BC ⓘ |
| historicalValue | primary source for the late Roman Republic civil war ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance political thought
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later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roman annalistic tradition ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
historical narrative
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war commentary ⓘ |
| mainAdversaryDepicted |
Pompey the Great
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surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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| mainSubject |
Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey
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conflict between Julius Caesar and the senatorial faction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| politicalPerspective | pro-Caesarian ⓘ |
| portraysFigure |
Cato the Younger
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Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ Pompey the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus ⓘ Cicero ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| purpose | justification of Caesar’s actions in the civil war ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gallic Wars
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surface form:
Commentarii de Bello Gallico
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| setting |
Greece
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Italy ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Latin literature
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ancient history ⓘ classics ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
concise and plain narrative style
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third-person self-reference for Caesar ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Commentaries on the Civil War
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surface form:
Civil War Commentaries
Commentaries on the Civil War ⓘ |
| workInVoluminousCorpus |
Commentarii de Bello Civili
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Caesarian commentaries
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Subject: Commentarii de Bello Civili Description of subject: Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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