De Bello Africo
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De Bello Africo is part of the Caesarian corpus. Its authorship is disputed, though scholarly consensus has ruled out Julius Caesar
as the author. It details Caesar's campaigns against his Republican enemies in the province of Africa
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
as the author. It details Caesar's campaigns against his Republican enemies in the province of Africa
Africa Province
The Roman province of Africa was established after the Romans defeated Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day northern Tunisia, and the small Mediterranean coast of modern-day western Libya along the Syrtis Minor...
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See also
- Commentarii de Bello GallicoCommentarii de Bello GallicoCommentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting local armies in Gaul that opposed Roman domination.The "Gaul" that Caesar...
- Commentarii de Bello CiviliCommentarii de Bello CiviliCommentarii de Bello Civili , or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Senate...
- De Bello HispaniensisDe Bello HispaniensisDe Bello Hispaniensi is a book said to be written by Julius Caesar, though its authorship is heavily disputed. It details Caesar's campaigns on the Iberian Peninsula.-See also:* Commentarii de Bello Gallico...
- De Bello AlexandrinoDe Bello AlexandrinoDe Bello Alexandrino is a Latin work continuing Julius Caesar's commentaries, De Bello Gallico and De Bello Civili. It details Caesar's campaigns in Alexandria and Asia. Though normally collected and bound with Caesar's authentic writings, the authorship of the work has been debated since antiquity...
- Caesar's civil wars for an account of the campaign