A fresh interpretation of Julius Caesar's Gallic War that focuses on Caesar's construction of national identity and his self-presentation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
1. Introduction * The Social Life of Texts * The Composition of De Bello Gallico * Reality and Representation 2. 1. Where Was the Gallic War? * Types of Space * Geographic Space in De Bello Gallico * Tactical Space, Surveying, and the Possession of Gaul 3. 2. The "Other" and the Other "Other" * The Ethnographic Tradition * Caesar's Ethnography 4. 3. Technology, Virtue, Victory * Siegecraft in De Bello Gallico * Virtus in De Bello Gallico * The Gallic Assimilation of Virtus * Conclusion 5. 4. Alien Nation * Playing the Cannibal * Rhetorics of Empire * What Is a Roman? 6. 5. Formal Questions * Who and What? * To What End? * Whose Voice? 7. 6. Empire and the "Just War" * The Theory of the Just War * Just War Theory in the Real World * Cicero's Textual Practice * Caesar's Textual Practice 8. 7. New and Improved, Sort Of * Facing the Alternatives * Comparanda * How Does Caesar Compare? * Propaganda 9. Appendix A: Wars against "Barbarians" 10. Apppendix B: Generals' Inscriptions 11. Notes 12. Bibliography 13. Index
1. Introduction * The Social Life of Texts * The Composition of De Bello Gallico * Reality and Representation 2. 1. Where Was the Gallic War? * Types of Space * Geographic Space in De Bello Gallico * Tactical Space, Surveying, and the Possession of Gaul 3. 2. The "Other" and the Other "Other" * The Ethnographic Tradition * Caesar's Ethnography 4. 3. Technology, Virtue, Victory * Siegecraft in De Bello Gallico * Virtus in De Bello Gallico * The Gallic Assimilation of Virtus * Conclusion 5. 4. Alien Nation * Playing the Cannibal * Rhetorics of Empire * What Is a Roman? 6. 5. Formal Questions * Who and What? * To What End? * Whose Voice? 7. 6. Empire and the "Just War" * The Theory of the Just War * Just War Theory in the Real World * Cicero's Textual Practice * Caesar's Textual Practice 8. 7. New and Improved, Sort Of * Facing the Alternatives * Comparanda * How Does Caesar Compare? * Propaganda 9. Appendix A: Wars against "Barbarians" 10. Apppendix B: Generals' Inscriptions 11. Notes 12. Bibliography 13. Index
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