Some links are just dead too, Livy was what I checked. I know it's not the actual point, but the link is borderline Amazon affiliate spam at this point when compared to Project Gutenberg.
I posted this link, it’s a pity its not working in the best of shape. I remember the link from when it was working as it should. Last update seem to be 2009ish.
From what I have seen, the broken outgoing links mentioned in other comments point to the Perseus digital library [1], which I would suggest as a first stop for your classical literature needs.
Weird how Julius Caesar wrote of himself in the third person.
The intro to book 1 of the Civil Wars is particularly bizarre:
"Vossius's supplement to the first book: I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following Commentaries on the Civil War were not written by Caesar himself. Even without the authority of Suetonius, the diction itself would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Caesar and no other was the author. I am of the opinion of those who think that the beginning of these Commentaries is lost. For I can not be convinced that Caesar commenced so abruptly; and History itself gives sufficient evidence that many circumstances require to be previously stated. For which reason we thought that it would be well worth our attention to compile from Plutarch, Appian, and Dion, a narrative of such facts as seemed necessary to fill up the chasm; these facts are as follows: "When Caesar, after reducing all Transalpine Gaul, had passed into Cisalpine Gaul, he determined for many reasons to send embassadors to Rome to request for him the consulate, and a prolongation of the command of his province....."
That was supposedly written by Vossius, not Caesar, but it is stylistically indistinguishable (to me) from the rest of the text. I can't tell where Vossius's writing stops and Caesar's starts.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 36.2 ms ] threadAt least there's a webmaster address. Let's see what happens when notifying them.
[1] http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
The requested URL /cgi-bin/text was not found on this server"
Seven out of seven tries... Can't be that unlucky???
The intro to book 1 of the Civil Wars is particularly bizarre:
"Vossius's supplement to the first book: I will now say nothing concerning the absurd opinion of those who assert that the following Commentaries on the Civil War were not written by Caesar himself. Even without the authority of Suetonius, the diction itself would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Caesar and no other was the author. I am of the opinion of those who think that the beginning of these Commentaries is lost. For I can not be convinced that Caesar commenced so abruptly; and History itself gives sufficient evidence that many circumstances require to be previously stated. For which reason we thought that it would be well worth our attention to compile from Plutarch, Appian, and Dion, a narrative of such facts as seemed necessary to fill up the chasm; these facts are as follows: "When Caesar, after reducing all Transalpine Gaul, had passed into Cisalpine Gaul, he determined for many reasons to send embassadors to Rome to request for him the consulate, and a prolongation of the command of his province....."
That was supposedly written by Vossius, not Caesar, but it is stylistically indistinguishable (to me) from the rest of the text. I can't tell where Vossius's writing stops and Caesar's starts.