Epic poem · 1896

Pharsalia

De Bello Civili (The Civil War)

by Lucan

Translated by Sir Edward Ridley (1896)

Lucan’s unfinished epic of the Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey, notable for banishing the gods from its narrative entirely.

Contents · 10 parts

• Book Iabout 780 lines
• Book IIabout 840 lines
• Book IIIabout 850 lines
• Book IVabout 940 lines
• Book Vabout 940 lines
• Book VIabout 1000 lines
• Book VIIabout 1040 lines
• Book VIIIabout 1050 lines
• Book IXabout 1340 lines
• Book Xabout 680 lines

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