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2006-09-26 14:01:07 · 26 answers · asked by gagy 1 in Politics & Government Military

roman military

2006-09-26 14:02:14 · update #1

26 answers

BEING GAY : / he really fn was. ewww

2006-09-26 14:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

The majority of the answers I see here are proof positive that either the education systems in your respective school districts have failed, or that none of you retained an iota of whatever it is you studied during your youth. I'm willing to be generous and grant that both are likely true.

Gaius Julius Caesar is known as the foremost Military Man of Rome. A nephew to the great Gaius Marius, whose reforms revolutionized the Legions and eventually allowed for the creation of a professional standing military, Caesar parlayed considerable personal magnetism and tactical acumen into a succession of domestic and foreign victories, most notably the conquest of Gaul (of which his account, "Commentaries on The Gallic Campaigns", still exists). Jealousy from ultraconservative backbenchers in the Senate and from Gnaeus Maximus Pompey (who was keenly aware of his lesser breeding and stature in Rome compared to Caesar) eventually led to outright civil war in Rome, from which Caesar emerged victorious.

Caesar was betrayed from within by patricians who feared he would do away with the Republic altogether and murdered. His nephew Octavianus and the young military genius Agrippa then proceeded to destroy Caesar's assassins and all political rivals, to include Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra, and thereby founded the Roman Empire.

Caesar is remembered as a dashing man known as much for his wit (crossing the Rubicon: "The Die is Cast"; having defeated the Pontines, "I came, I saw, I conquered") as well as his great military victories, from the siege of Alesia to the battle of Pharsalus. It is primarily thanks to Shakespeare that Caesar is so remembered and so mythologized. Surprisingly enough, his personal achievements outside the military sphere are often neglected; he initiated legal reforms, made urgent improvements to the calendar, and was a prolific writer (most of his works are now lost).

Above all, he is remembered as a hero, albeit a tragic one that died before his time. Oh and he was NOT GAY. That was slander refuted by the number of his female lovers. And he was likely NOT born by C-Section. And the salad has NOTHING to do with the man. Some of your answers are simply breathtaking in their stupidity.

2006-09-26 14:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by Nat 5 · 0 2

For cesarian section. It is said babies who are born by cesarian section do not have strong emotional feelings for the suffering of others. Julius Caesar was born by such a section and hence the procedure was named after him. Julius Caesar was able to run over and dominate neighbouring populations without care for the dignity and local customs of peoples he conquered.

2006-09-26 14:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 1 3

'veni, vidi, vici' (I came, I saw, I conquered.)

The Conquest of Gaul.

Being stabbed to death by his own Senate at the Ides of March.(March 15, 44 BCE)

The Fall of The Roman Republic.

2006-09-26 14:04:53 · answer #4 · answered by Kwan Kong 5 · 1 2

He was cut out of his mother's womb to be born--the world's first Caesarian section, but I think his mother died.
He was the Roman Emperor who was assassinated by his own men. Et tu, Brute?

2006-09-26 14:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by truth 2 · 2 2

He may have been a good strategist & soldier. But he was too ambitious for his own good - he wanted to be elected as dictator for life.

In short, he's a vainglorious character.

2006-09-28 04:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin F 4 · 0 1

Etu Brute?
The Ides of March, being killed by a good friend. And becoming a play that's a bit too long!

2006-09-26 14:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 6 · 1 2

His military genius as a general.

2006-09-26 15:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by markm 4 · 0 2

being killed

his relative Octavian(1st emperor of the roman empire)

2006-09-26 14:02:52 · answer #9 · answered by melissa f 3 · 1 2

Stabbed in the back on the Ides of March.

2006-09-26 14:19:21 · answer #10 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 0 3

Betraying Pompey and being stabbed by Junius Brutus, mainly.

2006-09-26 14:03:19 · answer #11 · answered by Jim 5 · 0 3

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