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In that course I would recommend Twelve Caesars by Suetonius (hearsay) and Commentarii de Bello Gallico by Caesar (propaganda).

From what I gather, Julius Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico was pretty much fanfiction (had somebody write?) about himself.

De Bello Gallico is much more intimidating than it is difficult.

They could use the De Bello Gallico as reference for expected speeds (maybe toned down a little, to account for Julius Caesar's well-known self-aggrandizing tendencies).

The typically historic texts are mostly war-related (Caesar, De bello gallico).

And there's a simple rule that's obvious even in a superficial read of de bello gallico: don't cultivate wheat and the legions won't bother you.

After that I read Hyginus' Fabulae and then Commentarii de Bello Gallico by Caesar.

Of course, it has already been shown by Karl Helm that this was a historical trope copied from Herodotus, and/or Caesar’s Commentarii de bello gallico (Helm 1946: 7-12).

The Wikipedia citation for 9 is Commentarii de bello Gallico (Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War), which interestingly comes from around the same timeframe (first century BC, toward the end of the Roman Republic).

This means that, for us, 18th-century Latin is much easier to read than De Bello Gallico is, even though Julius Caesar is known today for the simplicity and clarity of his prose.[1] So there's room to say that while 18th-century scientific Latin is Latin, it's not great Latin and probably indulges in some constructions that a native speaker would have perceived as straight-out errors.

The Ends Justify the Meanness 1984 Farenheit 541 Foundation (all saga) The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings (all saga) The Prince De Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries The Design of Everyday Things The Riverworld (an entire saga of 5 books) On the Good Life Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Asimov On Numbers Asimov on Chemistry The Roman Republic And hundreds more I cannot list.

There is discussion about the truthfulness of "de bello Gallico".

Happy to see "de bello Gallico" mentioned.

For example, "De Bello Gallico" (On the Gallic War,) is not a neutral historical account; it was written by Caesar for a Roman audience and aimed to defend and promote his actions.

I recall reading "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars" (Commentarii de Bello Gallico) in Julius Caesar's original Latin in high school and being thrilled to be able to actually understand his account nearly 2000 years after he wrote it.

After these two, you should be able to read Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, but Ørberg also has other books.

When you can read De Bello Gallico, or even Cicero?

In Latin: reading (simple excerpts) from De Bello Gallico.