Napoli – After a three-year absence from bookstores, Alberto Angela returns with a mission: to redeem De Bello Gallico from the harsh memories of its school versions and restore it to the public as the most compelling of epics.
He will do so from the stage of the Teatro Bellini in Naples on Monday, December 15th, at 5:00 PM, in a special lecture entitled "Caesar. The Conquest of Eternity," an event promoted by Feltrinelli Librerie to mark the release of his new essay by Mondadori.
"It's a journey into the opera that many remember from high school, but whose true beauty no one has ever revealed to us," Angela previews. "It's a great adventure story, rich in archaeological, anthropological, and geographical discoveries."
The book, and thus the encounter, immerses us in 58 BC, following Caesar and his legions through a mysterious and warlike Gaul: snowy marches, bloody battles, supposedly haunted forests, sanctuaries of decapitated skeletons. "The pages have the rhythm of blockbusters: Indiana Jones-esque locations, Gladiator-esque battles, Game of Thrones-esque intrigues. But here, the difference is that everything is real."
The major methodological innovation is the use of artificial intelligence as a tool for historical dissemination. Reconstructions of faces, battle scenes, and daily life, both in the videos and in the book, were generated by AI, guided by rigorous research. "We transformed words into images," Angela explains, "to revisit, almost as if they were photojournalists' shots, lost moments of life. Technology aids dissemination, but the principle is clear: use entertainment to do science, not the other way around."
The result is a work that interweaves television narration and writing, to show a human and modern Caesar: a commander, a politician, a man of passions and weaknesses. "De Bello Gallico is the ideal script for a great series," Angela concludes. "It's the story of the moment Caesar conquers Gaul and, symbolically, eternity." A journey into the past to reflect on the present: from war to understand peace, from the roots of Europe to interpret its future.
PARTICIPATION
Admission to the lecture is guaranteed by purchasing the book at Feltrinelli in Piazza dei Martiri, Naples (one priority pass per copy, while supplies last). This is a chance to meet the author and discover, through his voice, the timeless epic of the conquest of Gaul.
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