Chapters
11 totalBOOK I - THE CROSSING OF THE RUBICON
ENDNOTES:
BOOK II - THE FLIGHT OF POMPEIUS
BOOK III - MASSILIA
BOOK IV - CAESAR IN SPAIN. WAR IN THE ADRIATIC SEA. DEATH OF CURIO.
BOOK V - THE ORACLE. THE MUTINY. THE STORM
BOOK VI - THE FIGHT NEAR DYRRHACHIUM. SCAEVA'S EXPLOITS. THE WITCH OF THESSALIA
BOOK VII - THE BATTLE
BOOK VIII - DEATH OF POMPEIUS.
BOOK IX - CATO
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharsalia
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Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (465K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Jul 1, 1996
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Lucan
39–65
A brilliant young Roman poet who turned civil war into one of Latin literature’s fiercest epics. Best known for the Pharsalia, he wrote with unusual intensity and a sharp distrust of tyranny.
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