Gregory Aldrete

He says, if I've played my part well, dismiss me from the stage with applause. So he's seeing himself as an actor. that his whole life was acting this role, which is, again, all that manipulation and public image. He was brilliant at that, but who's the real guy? What was behind that image?

He says, if I've played my part well, dismiss me from the stage with applause. So he's seeing himself as an actor. that his whole life was acting this role, which is, again, all that manipulation and public image. He was brilliant at that, but who's the real guy? What was behind that image?

I mean, Caesar, his campaigns in Gaul are interesting because for a long time they were held up as, oh, genius general, look at the amazing things he did. But another way to view it is he provoked and he truly provoked a war with people who were not that interested in fighting Rome and just repeatedly attacked different tribes for the sole purpose of building up his power.

I mean, Caesar, his campaigns in Gaul are interesting because for a long time they were held up as, oh, genius general, look at the amazing things he did. But another way to view it is he provoked and he truly provoked a war with people who were not that interested in fighting Rome and just repeatedly attacked different tribes for the sole purpose of building up his power.

I mean, Caesar, his campaigns in Gaul are interesting because for a long time they were held up as, oh, genius general, look at the amazing things he did. But another way to view it is he provoked and he truly provoked a war with people who were not that interested in fighting Rome and just repeatedly attacked different tribes for the sole purpose of building up his power.

his career, his prestige, his status, gaining territory, making himself wealthier. He basically conquers all of modern France and Belgium and some of Switzerland. A big chunk of Europe gets conquered, hundreds of thousands of people killed, hundreds of thousands of people enslaved to further one guy's career.

his career, his prestige, his status, gaining territory, making himself wealthier. He basically conquers all of modern France and Belgium and some of Switzerland. A big chunk of Europe gets conquered, hundreds of thousands of people killed, hundreds of thousands of people enslaved to further one guy's career.

his career, his prestige, his status, gaining territory, making himself wealthier. He basically conquers all of modern France and Belgium and some of Switzerland. A big chunk of Europe gets conquered, hundreds of thousands of people killed, hundreds of thousands of people enslaved to further one guy's career.

I mean you, if you wanted, could call Caesar a war criminal, and I think that wouldn't be unfair. But on the other hand, some people see him as a great hero. I mean to talk about history and its reception, it's quite interesting to see how – Caesar has been viewed by different generations. So at different points in time, the sort of received wisdom on Caesar is very different.

I mean you, if you wanted, could call Caesar a war criminal, and I think that wouldn't be unfair. But on the other hand, some people see him as a great hero. I mean to talk about history and its reception, it's quite interesting to see how – Caesar has been viewed by different generations. So at different points in time, the sort of received wisdom on Caesar is very different.

I mean you, if you wanted, could call Caesar a war criminal, and I think that wouldn't be unfair. But on the other hand, some people see him as a great hero. I mean to talk about history and its reception, it's quite interesting to see how – Caesar has been viewed by different generations. So at different points in time, the sort of received wisdom on Caesar is very different.

So back in the – let's say the 1920s or 30s, there were a number of scholarly things written which kind of looked at Caesar as an admirable figure. He's a strong man who knows what Rome needed and was going to give it to them. And of course that's the era when fascism was kind of trendy and was seen as a positive thing.

So back in the – let's say the 1920s or 30s, there were a number of scholarly things written which kind of looked at Caesar as an admirable figure. He's a strong man who knows what Rome needed and was going to give it to them. And of course that's the era when fascism was kind of trendy and was seen as a positive thing.

So back in the – let's say the 1920s or 30s, there were a number of scholarly things written which kind of looked at Caesar as an admirable figure. He's a strong man who knows what Rome needed and was going to give it to them. And of course that's the era when fascism was kind of trendy and was seen as a positive thing.

And then you get Hitler in World War II and all of a sudden fascism is not so favored anymore. And then in that post-war generation, all of a sudden Caesar is terrible. He's a dictator. He's destroying the republic. So often histories that are written tell you a lot more about the time they're written than they do about the subject they're written about.

And then you get Hitler in World War II and all of a sudden fascism is not so favored anymore. And then in that post-war generation, all of a sudden Caesar is terrible. He's a dictator. He's destroying the republic. So often histories that are written tell you a lot more about the time they're written than they do about the subject they're written about.

And then you get Hitler in World War II and all of a sudden fascism is not so favored anymore. And then in that post-war generation, all of a sudden Caesar is terrible. He's a dictator. He's destroying the republic. So often histories that are written tell you a lot more about the time they're written than they do about the subject they're written about.

I mean certainly they borrow a lot of the trappings. I mean Nazi Germany borrows a lot of iconography from ancient Rome. I mean they carried around little military standards with eagles on them just like the Romans. But then everybody does that. I mean the US has eagles as their standards. Mussolini had them. Napoleon had eagle standards for his empire. You know, military.

I mean certainly they borrow a lot of the trappings. I mean Nazi Germany borrows a lot of iconography from ancient Rome. I mean they carried around little military standards with eagles on them just like the Romans. But then everybody does that. I mean the US has eagles as their standards. Mussolini had them. Napoleon had eagle standards for his empire. You know, military.

I mean certainly they borrow a lot of the trappings. I mean Nazi Germany borrows a lot of iconography from ancient Rome. I mean they carried around little military standards with eagles on them just like the Romans. But then everybody does that. I mean the US has eagles as their standards. Mussolini had them. Napoleon had eagle standards for his empire. You know, military.