Julius Caesar

Commentaries on the Gallic War

edited by Francis W. Kelsey and Rex Stem

Book cover: Julius Caesar

Extent: 343 pages

Publisher: Michigan Classical Press

Subjects: Classical Studies, Language & Linguistics

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2017)

ISBN: 9780979971389

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $22.50

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This new edition offers the intermediate/advanced Latin student everything needed to be able to read Caesar’s Gallic War: complete Latin text of Books 1-5 and 6.11-24, grammatical commentary, Latin-English vocabulary, Latin grammar cross-referenced to the usage of Caesar and twelve colour maps illustrating Caesar’s campaigns and battles.


This edition offers the intermediate/advanced Latin student everything he or she needs to read Caesar’s Gallic War: the complete Latin text of Books 1-5 and 6.11-24, a thorough grammatical commentary, a full Latin-English vocabulary, an internal Latin grammar cross-referenced to the usage of Caesar, and twelve color maps illustrating Caesar’s campaigns and battles. No other edition provides such completeness or such depth in helping students to read Caesar’s Latin with proficiency and confidence.

Rex Stem is Associate Professor of Classics, University of California at Davis Francis W. Kelsey was Professor of Latin at the University of Michigan from 1889 until his death in 1927. His popular school commentary on Caesar’s Gallic War appeared in twenty-one editions in his lifetime. The expanded edition revised and reprinted here first appeared in 1918.

  • Edited by Francis W. Kelsey
  • Edited by Rex Stem