Published: 2021-12-01

Caesar’s Centurions: the Elite of the Legions or Literary Fiction?

Michał Norbert Faszcza Logo ORCID

Abstract

One of the distinctive features of Caesar’s narrative about wars was the praise he bestowed on the merits of his centurions. The question arises why he promoted this category of soldiers and whether source analysis confirms the plausibility of their combat achievements. Michał Norbert Faszcza has collected and examined the relevant information contained in the extant written sources in an attempt not only to find confirmation of Caesar’s claims in the context of the growing importance of the centurions in the 1st century BCE, but also to ponder the reason for Caesar’s use this type of literary device. The centurions are a genuine symbol of Caesar’s army, and therefore this theme is of key importance for the reconstruction of the internal relations in his legions.

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Faszcza, M. N. (2021). Caesar’s Centurions: the Elite of the Legions or Literary Fiction?. Wieki Stare I Nowe, 16(21), 71–92. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSN.2021.21.05

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Vol. 16 No. 21 (2021)
Published: 2021-12-30


ISSN: 1899-1556
eISSN: 2353-9739

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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