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I suspect there's so many Caesars because... Caesar was a history buff that was in the right place at the right time:D.

1.Cato Major 2.Scipio Africanus 3.Augustus 4.Cladius 5.Seneca Hmm...

I hope not,this has been fun to read.

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Even Machiavelli spoke of artillery in contempt in Discourses on Livy(early 16th century), so artillery couldn't have been big in field battles in ancient rome.

Fiscal health? I think the empire was able to conduct large operations because it was more capable and experienced in taking money from the people. Fiscal health from the state's point of view but...

We are also, for good as well as ill, the heirs of the Roman Republic. Had the title not already been taken, I would have called this book Citizens--- for they are its protagnoists, and the tragedy of the Republic's collapse is theirs. The Roman people too, in the end, grew tired of antique virtues, preferring the comforts of easy slavery and peace. Rather bread and circuses than endless internecine wars. As the Romans themselves recognized, their freedom had contained the seeds of its own ruin, a reflection sufficient to inspire much gloomy moralizing under the rule of a Nero or a Domitian. Nor in the centirues since, has it ever lost its power to unsettle. ---Preface, The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland Is this true?

BBC Six episodes Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an empire(or something like that) 2006 What's the theme music? It's really nice, but what's the name of it?

A thought just hit me. Perhaps Caesar knew his actions in Gaul were illegal. And wanting to hold on to his ill-gotten gains, made a roll of the dice. Hard to step down when you pay your tens of thousands of men and they swear loyalty to you. 8 years of that is enough to turn anyone's head.

Was this his way of dramatically paving way for his hero Caesar?

No but it showed that he was more of a flipflopping "politician" than we would think most of the time, doesn't it?

I think the only reason why Cicero was not invited to assassinate Caesar was more to do with his personal affiliation with the dictator - the two did seem to get on in this respect. As Cicero greeted Caesar's assassination with delight, I also do not believe Cicero would have ever joined Caesar on a political level. I remember Cicero defended the Triumvirate on one occasion. I think Cicero was quite interested in advancing his own career too no?

I think support doesn't mean unequivocal support. I mean, you would support McCain to get rid of ethanol subsidies, but would you support him if he proposed attacking and levelling Iran?

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http://www.unrv.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6629 There, Cato gives us evidence that "the struggle of the orders" was a more myth than reality before Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon. So WHY did the Nobiles support Caesar?