Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War is one of the most important historical records left by the ancient Romans. This book brings excitement to his eyewitness account of the extraordinarily ambitious campaign of 58-51 B.C. to extend the reach of Rome and to consolidate Caesar's own power.<P>Using a fictitious narrator and drawing on archaeology and classical research, Coolidge has brought drama to this history and fleshed out the warrior chieftains, soldiers, politicians, and of course, the supreme commander, who made it.