The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar of his warres in Gallia, and the civil warres betwixt him and Pompey / translated into English with many excellent and judicious observations thereupon ; as also The art of our modern training, or, Tactick practise, by Clement Edmonds Esquire, ... ; where unto is adjoyned the eighth commentary of the warres in Gallia, with some short observations upon it ; together with the life of Cæsar, and an account of his medalls ; revised, corrected, and enlarged.

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Title: The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar of his warres in Gallia, and the civil warres betwixt him and Pompey / translated into English with many excellent and judicious observations thereupon ; as also The art of our modern training, or, Tactick practise, by Clement Edmonds Esquire, ... ; where unto is adjoyned the eighth commentary of the warres in Gallia, with some short observations upon it ; together with the life of Cæsar, and an account of his medalls ; revised, corrected, and enlarged.
Author: Caesar, Julius.
Publication: London :: Printed by R. Daniel and are to be sold by Henry Tvvyford ... Nathaniel Ekins ... Iohn Place ...,; 1655.
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Subject terms: Caesar, Julius. -- De bello Gallico. -- English.; Pompey, -- the Great, 106-48 B.C.; Caesar, Julius. -- De bello civili. -- English.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Gaul -- History -- 58 B.C.-511 A.D.; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Cite this Item: "The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar of his warres in Gallia, and the civil warres betwixt him and Pompey / translated into English with many excellent and judicious observations thereupon ; as also The art of our modern training, or, Tactick practise, by Clement Edmonds Esquire, ... ; where unto is adjoyned the eighth commentary of the warres in Gallia, with some short observations upon it ; together with the life of Cæsar, and an account of his medalls ; revised, corrected, and enlarged." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31706.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.

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THe effigies of Venus Genitrix with a globe or world before her, without any inscription; though Occo and Vrsinus mention one inscrib'd with L. BUCA, the other side hath Venus giving Anchises a meeting near Mount Ida: this it should seem Caesar caused to be done out of flattery to himself, in that it served, both to make his originall more illustrious, and as a monument of that happinesse and good fortune which this Goddesse had procured him in all his enterprises. For it was his ambition, to have de∣scended in a right line from Anchises and Venus, by whose indulgence he had conquered the Universe, as being his directrix in all his designes, as is re∣presented by the globe, or world; whereof this Goddesse was thought to be in some sort the Protectresse, as being esteem'd the Sovereign Genius of Gene∣ration according to Solinus,

—Tu foetibus auges Cuncta suis, totus pariter tibi parturit orbis.

And her worship was questionlesse very ancient: For it was the head of Venus Genitrix that the Saracens and Ishmaelites worshipped, alledging that Abraham had by the means of it enjoy'd Hagar, from whom proceeded a great generation, as Enthymius Zigabenus, in his table of the opinions of that Nation, and the anonymous Greek Authour of the Saracen History, have observed. So have we here the same Goddesse accosting that great Heros to have issue by him. The Genius destin'd to further the establish∣ment of the Roman greatnesse, hath a Scepter in his hand, to signify the future Majesty of that Monarchy.