Записки о Галльской войне

"Notes on the Gallic War" by Gaius Julius Caesar is perhaps the greatest book on war in world literature. It was written in the hot pursuit of the events of the main character of that war, and in it Caesar the writer is equal to Caesar the commander and historical figure. This is a tragic epic of the conquest of a vast country and a head-on clash of civilizations. The book is written extremely simply and sensibly, as if it were about the struggle of the Romans with a formidable epidemic. Therefore, Caesar's "Commentarii de bello Gallico" can be read as an account of the legendary events of two thousand years ago, but it can also be a kind of commentary on the later ups and downs of world history.