Which historical book did Julius Caesar draw from?

Titus livius (59 BC-AD 17) was a famous historian in ancient Rome. He has written many books on philosophy and poetry, but the most famous is his magnum opus History of Rome (formerly known as Aburbe Conditionallibri, meaning "Starting from Rome").

Before Li Wei came to Rome, he had a plan to write Roman history. He began to write soon after he arrived in Rome. After that, he devoted his life to writing the Roman historical masterpiece Aburbe Conditionallibri, which lasted for more than 40 years until Augustus died in 14. Starting from Rome is a voluminous and rich historical masterpiece. Li Wei mixed the techniques of chronology and narration in his works. The first volume was published in 27-25 BC, and the last volume, 2 1, was published after the death of Augustus or Li Yu himself. There are 65,438+042 volumes in this book, with one volume for every ten volumes, but at present, there are only 35 volumes left, namely 1 to 10 and 2 1 to 45 volumes, namely, the first, third, fourth and first half of the fifth volume. Except for a few fragments, all other volumes have been lost. Fortunately, we can get a glimpse of this historical masterpiece from the preserved abstract.

Contents of the book

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The content of this book is roughly as follows:

Volume 1-5: The city was built for Rome and later conquered by Gauls (753-387 BC).

6- 10 Volume: Samoa War (to 290 BC)

Volume11-15: Conquering Italy (to 265 BC)

Volume 16-20: From the First Punic War to the Second Punic War (264-2 BC19 BC)

Volume 2 1-30: The Second Punic War (2 18-20 1 BC)

Volume 33-45: The War between Macedonia and Syria (up to BC 167)

Vol. 46-70: Civil War to Allied War (9 1 BC)

Volume 7L-80: From the Civil War to the Death of Marius (86 BC)

Volume 8 1-90: the civil war of Sula's death (78 BC)

Volume 9 1- 103: From Civil War to Pompeii's Victory in the East (62 BC)

Volume 104- 108: * * the last year of the Republic of China

Volume 109- 1 16: Civil War to Caesar's Death (44 BC)

Volume117-133: From the Civil War to the Battle of Aktieum (30 BC)

Volume 134- 142: Augustus era (29-9 BC)

Li Jue returned to Patawi in A.D. 14 and died three years later.

Although there are some serious shortcomings and mistakes in Li Zhi and his works, he is still a famous historian in ancient times. His works preserve rich and precious historical materials and occupy an important position in the history of historiography. The most special thing is that in Li Wei's works, the traditional narrative of early Roman history is maintained consistently, while other information about early Roman history is incomplete and literature is extremely scarce. In this case, he took the lead and no one could replace him. At that time, Li Wei's historical works were rich in content, ingenious in material arrangement, vivid and impressive in writing, and unique in historical works. Li Zhi's historical works had a great influence before his death, and after his death, they were examples for many people to learn from. Valerius Maximus, Frontinus, Queduz Kurzius Roufos and others all selected materials from his works. Dante mentioned his works in The Divine Comedy. Machiavelli's book "On the First Ten Years of Titus Livius" is the first three volumes to evaluate his works and summarize his ruling experience. Since the 18th century, historians have conducted extensive and in-depth discussions on his works.

Li Wei is not only a historian of works, but also an outstanding Latin writer. In this respect, he can be as famous as Cicero and Tacitus, and he is also the three masters who created the Latin style. Cicero is fresh and smooth, Tacitus is exquisite and elegant, Li Wei is vivid and flexible, and tastes both refined and popular. He wrote official documents in the official language, described wars and heroes with poems and dramas, delivered speeches and learned Cicero's language, which won the praise of later generations.