The Civil Wars

by Appian

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Appian’s Civil Wars is a major ancient source for Rome’s internal conflicts from the Gracchi through Marius, Sulla, Caesar, Pompey, Antony and Octavian. It covers proscriptions, land disputes, political violence, Caesar’s Civil War, the assassination aftermath, Philippi, the struggle with Sextus Pompey, Actium and the final concentration of power under Octavian. The book is useful for tracing the sequence of people, places and causes across the Republic’s collapse.

Historical periods

Ancient Rome Roman Republic Sullan Civil War and Proscriptions Caesar’s Civil War Assassination of Julius Caesar Liberators’ Civil War Battle of Philippi War of Actium Ancient World Late Roman Republic

Genres

Classical Literature

Historical people

Augustus64 BCE–14 Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Marcus Junius Brutus86 BCE–43 BCE Sullac. 138–78 BCE Pompey106–48 BCE Appian Mark Antony83–30 BCE Cassius