Fully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible
introduction to Julius Caesar's Civil War.
Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great were two of the greatest generals
Rome had ever produced. Together they had brought vast stretches of
territory under Roman dominion. In 49 BC they turned against each other
and plunged Rome into civil war. In this book, Adrian Goldsworthy
relates the gripping story of this desperate power struggle. Drawing on
original accounts of the war, he examines how legion was pitched against
legion in a vicious battle for political domination of the vast Roman
world. The armies were evenly matched, but in the end, Caesar's genius
as a commander and his great good luck brought him victory in 45 BC.
Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and 40
new images, this is a detailed introduction to one of the last conflicts
in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire.