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    Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
    If we went by the rule of "Success in the end makes a good general." then we'd have a very skewed system. George Washington for example.. terrible general, but a great leader of men. He won, so does that change the fact that he wasn't a good general? Not really.

    Please measure Caesar on every aspect -
    1. Tactic
    2. Strategy
    3. political ability
    4. Luck
    5. Success
    6. Leadership
    7. Popularity
    8. Ambition
    9. Determination
    10. Perspective - you know , he visited some temple of Alexander the great , then he came out to his soldiers with tears , they asked him why he cries , Caesar said , "I am nearly 40 years old , what have I achieved compare to him when he was 33" , 15 years afterwards , Caesar was the first man ever to control the land from the Atlantic to the Euphrates (he took the empire , not received it like the emperors in later times) .
    Now , remember , in the first 2 month of 44ce , Caesar planed his campaigns against the Gaetae and against the Parthians....but alas , the rest is history , he was so arrogant and I belive he wanted to die as he did (he entered the senate with out bodyguard , knowing about the plot)
    Last edited by caesar44; 07-09-2005 at 19:49.
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