In history it is rare to find truly great leadership, but every once in a while someone comes along so charismatic that even his enemies cannot but admire him. Rome in the first century B.C. was replete with statesmen, generals and leaders who to this day are remembered as being among the greatest and most fascinating that ever lived. But there is no doubt as to the most memorable of these. Gaius Julius Caesar …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…history? This does not matter. History happens and men play a part in it whether they are the audience or the actors, whether a puppet or the hand that guides it. Caesar would have scoffed at such idle speculation and continued making history. Bibliography WORKS CITED 1. Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars. New York: Penguin Books, 1979. 2. Plutarch, The Fall of the Roman Republic. New York: Penguin Books, 1972. 3. Hooper, Finley A., Roman Realities. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1979