This edition of the seventh book of Lucan's De Bello Civili , also known as Pharsalia , was published by Cambridge University Press in 1960 and later reprinted with a revised introduction. It is a revision by O.A.W. Dilke ofJ.P. Postgate's original 1896 edition. The introduction covers the life of Lucan and takes account of the large literature that exists on the topography of Pharsalia . The Latin text is supplemented by a commentary and a critical appendix.