Julius Caesar: The Civil War Book III

In the third and final book which he wrote about his campaigns in the Civil War, Caesar tells the story of his fight with Pompey in 48 B.C. which ended in the rout of the latter at Pharsalus, perhaps Caesar’s most notable military victory. The book ends with Caesar pursuing Pompey to Egypt. Here began Caesar’s celebrated affair with Cleopatra.

J. M. Carter was Senior Lecturer in Classics at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, and an authority on the Late Republican and Augustan periods.