Notes about the Gallic War
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Probably, it is interesting for a modern young man to know that the "Notes of the Gallic War" of Guy Julia Caesar (100-44 BC) at the beginning of the twentieth century, Russian gymnasium students memorized in the original - Latin was taught on them. Over the centuries, future officers have been trained for them, they are now considered a mandatory reading in American and British military academies. Moreover, in style they are "closest to the reports of General Staff officers" (Alexander Golts) For those who are not going to fight, ethnographers, geographers and historians - Caesar"s notes still serve as priceless testimonies of antiquity. And even Caesar himself, through an unimaginable thickness of years, will see us in a new light - as, for example, the first blogger in history. After all, it was he who laid the foundation for systematic communication in correspondence, and he could simultaneously dictate to the secretaries five to seven letters. As for the tactics of battle and military equipment, yes, they have changed radically. But the commander set by Caesar is unchanged: "... Then Caesar grabbed the shield from one of the rear rows soldiers and went into the first rows, there he personally greeted each centurion and, having encouraged the soldier, ordered them to attack. The only way. And going to death will not forget you.
Translation from Latin Mikhail Pokrovsky, an accompanying article by Alexander Goltz.
Alexander Matveevich Golts (born in 1955) - journalist, political scientist. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. From 1980 to 1996 he worked in the newspaper Red Star, where he led the heading "Theme of the week". Since 1996, he was a military observer of the magazine "Results, editor of the policy department, deputy chief editor of the “weekly journal" (on the Internet - "Daily Journal") The author of many publications on the themes of military reform in Russia, including monographs "Army of Russia: Eleven Lost Years" (1994) and Military Reform and Russian Militarianism (2017) Gerda Bucerius Prize winner "Free Press of Eastern Europe"
Translation from Latin Mikhail Pokrovsky, an accompanying article by Alexander Goltz.
Alexander Matveevich Golts (born in 1955) - journalist, political scientist. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. From 1980 to 1996 he worked in the newspaper Red Star, where he led the heading "Theme of the week". Since 1996, he was a military observer of the magazine "Results, editor of the policy department, deputy chief editor of the “weekly journal" (on the Internet - "Daily Journal") The author of many publications on the themes of military reform in Russia, including monographs "Army of Russia: Eleven Lost Years" (1994) and Military Reform and Russian Militarianism (2017) Gerda Bucerius Prize winner "Free Press of Eastern Europe"
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Author:Caesar Gai Julia
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Cover:Cover with valves
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- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
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Publication Language:Russian
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Paper:Offset
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Series: Checked by time
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ISBN:978-5-00112-166-4
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