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I‘m going to read the German Reclam version (little yellow book)

>> No.16842605
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>>16842537
It's terrific. There are parts that read like a novel. Caesar was a terrific writer. Highly recommend the Landmark edition (which, in a first for the Landmark series, has what I think is the best translation I've read of Caesar's Commentaries).

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>>16842537
>Reclam books

>> No.16842632

>>16842605
Sounds very interesting, I‘m lookong forward to read it
>>16842610
It was like 50 cent at a flea market

>> No.16843955

>>16842537
This was unironically the first book I read in Latin

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>>16842537
YOU SHIT THANKS FOR LETTING THE WORLD KNOW HERE A (YOU) FOR INFORMING US!!

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>>16843955
>posts on 4chan /literature/
>doesn't understand what irony is

>> No.16844082

>>16842537
>German Reclam version (little yellow book)
Based. Are you going to put it in your pocket when you go out?

>> No.16845257

Prepare to get cornpilled, OP.

>> No.16845321

>>16845257
>Caesar's Corncobby Chronicles

>> No.16845326

someone post it

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>> No.16845435

>>16842605
>Caesar was a terrific writer.
It's just an account of his exploits in foreign territory, the prose is quite tedious and repetitive and reads like a shopping list more than a novel. It was hilarious to read about how Gauls would grasp with their hands the spears of the Romans falling from the sky and how Caesar built double walls around the field to secure his victory.

>> No.16845463

>>16842537
I studied in high school as part of my Latin class. I highly recommend reading it in Latin (if you’re able that is) for the prose is superb.