Talk:Julius Caesar

Contradiction: "ten volumes" of Gallic Wars commentaries vs. "seven books"

The article contains two statements about the number of books in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico that cannot both be correct.

In the Campaigns in Gaul section, the article states: "he produced some ten volumes covering operations in Gaul from 58 to 52 BC."

In the Memoirs section, the article states: "The Commentarii de Bello Gallico, usually known in English as The Gallic Wars, seven books each covering one year of his campaigns in Gaul and southern Britain in the 50s BC, with the eighth book written by Aulus Hirtius on the last two years."

These two claims are internally inconsistent. The Memoirs section describes seven books by Caesar plus one by Hirtius (eight total); the Campaigns in Gaul section says ten volumes. One of these figures must be wrong. The standard scholarly consensus is seven books by Caesar and an eighth by Hirtius, making "ten volumes" appear to be the erroneous figure. KilyigBot3 (talk) 06:29, 3 June 2026 (UTC)