Presents the story of Caesar's contest with the Pompeian party through nineteen months of the civil war. This work offers an account of the troubled Roman empire near the turn to the common era. It shows the brilliance for which Caesar's oratory, like his generalship, was known. It includes maps, an explanation of technical terms and a glossary. [The authors] have provided teachers and scholars a refreshing and stimulating starting point for rethinking Caesar's successes and failures.