Caesar's account of the conquest of Gaul from 58 to 51 BC is undoubtedly one of the most popular documents of antiquity. His primary aim was to justify his often self-serving actions, refute the arguments of his political opponents in Rome, and present his brilliant—albeit often audacious—military operations to both friends and foes. The unmatched simplicity of the style and clarity of the language skillfully allow the propagandistic purpose to recede into the background. Caesar's descriptions of the customs and habits, as well as the characteristics and achievements of the tribes of Gaul, Germania, and Britain, are simultaneously the oldest coherent accounts of these peoples that have survived to us and still provide exciting reading today. The edition of Caesar's main work in the bilingual edition by Otto Sch.