Unit 2: Pliny's Letters: Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Caesar's work, titled 'On the Gallic War,' is a series of his military _ and political justifications.

*Commentarii* are essentially dispatches or _ from the front lines, a genre designed to sound factual but serve a persuasive purpose.

Caesar's *De Bello Gallico* is pure, unadulterated _, written to justify his actions and enhance his reputation.

The _ were a powerful Gallic tribe whose planned migration across Gaul served as Caesar's initial pretext for military intervention.

_ was the ambitious leader of the Helvetii who attempted to set himself up as king, further fueling Caesar's justification for war.