Important people in this work in addition to Caesar and Pompey (in
order of appearance, with C or P indicating adherence):
Lucius Lentulus (L. Cornelius Lentulus Crus, one of the consuls of 49)
1.1 (P)
Scipio (Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, usually called
Metellus Scipio, one of the consuls of 52 and Pompey's father-in-law) 1.1
(P)
Marcus Marcellus (M. Claudius Marcellus, one of the consuls of 51) 1.2
(P)
Marcus Antonius [also Antonius without praenomen] (M. Antonius, tr.
pl. in 49, the later triumvir) (C) 1.2
Cato (M. Porcius Cato Uticensis aka Cato the Suicide) 1.4 (P)
Juba (Juba I, king of Numidia) 1.6 (P)
Lucius Domitius (L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, an ancestor of the emperor
Nero) 1.6 (P)
Lucius Caesar (L. Iulius Caesar, two people, father and son, distant
relatives of Caesar) 1.8 (son: P)
Curio (C. Scribonius Curio, one of the tr. pl. in 50) 1.12 (C)
Lentulus Spinther (P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, one of the consuls
of 57) 1.15 (P)
Trebonius (C. Trebonius, will be one of the praetors in 48, see 3.20)
1.36 (C)
Decimus Brutus (D. Iunius Brutus Albinus, will be one of the praetors
in 45) 1.36 (C)
Afranius (L. Afranius, one of the consuls of 60) 1.37 (P)
Petreius (M. Petreius, a commander in Spain along with Afranius and
Varro) 1.38 (P)
Varro (M. Terentius Varro, the polymath) 1.38 (P)
Lucius Plancus (L. Munatius Plancus, will be one of the praetors in
45) 1.40 (C)
Marcus Bibulus (M. Calpurnius Bibulus, Caesar's colleague in the
consulship of 59 and also in the offices of aedile and praetor: see 3.16
and editor's note) 3.5 (P)
Labienus (T. Labienus, first mentioned 1.15, tr. pl. in 63, worked
with Caesar until beginning of civil war) 3.13 (P)
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus (one of the consuls of 53) 3.34 (C)
Gaius Sallustius (C. Sallustius Crispus, the historian), African
War (C)
What to note especially: Caesar's self-justification, his account of negotiations and the number and variety of these (NB that these negotiations took place is corroborated by the evidence of Cicero's letters), the behavior and threats of Pompey and his supporters, the intransigence and/or lack of honor apparent in the behavior of Caesar's opponents.
Main areas of operations: Italy outside of Rome, Rome, Spain, Massilia, North Africa
What to note especially: Caesar seems perennially to be looking for grain and/or water for his army, although he was supposed to be especially good at logistics. There is more indiscriminate slaughter, whether because there really was more or Caesar is not the author and therefore not suppressing what was done by those on his side (see, e.g., sections 76 and 85). Scipio's cavalry, retreating to Utica, perpetrates atrocities at Parada and then at Utica (note what Cato and Faustus Sulla do).
A final note: the password given to Caesar's soldiers before the battle of Thapsus is Success: Felicitas - the word recalls Sulla the dictator.
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