Re:Ancient monument sheds light on battle of Actium
by anacleto on Monday April 01, 2019 @10:13AM
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Caesar was "opportunism" at its finest level. Both in the battled field and in the Roman political scene. It worked in both worlds.
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Re:Ancient monument sheds light on battle of Actium
by Pigo on Monday April 01, 2019 @10:50AM
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If you see what he did at Alesia, Axona, etc, you can tell he was a patient and genius general. He did many things we find horrible, but also enacted many reforms at the expense of wealthy aristocrats, and put Gauls in the Roman senate. I find the dichotomy of him as a person to be very fascinating.
Re:Ancient monument sheds light on battle of Actium
by anacleto on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:26PM
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Alesia is the finest example of Caesar military strategy.
I wrote about it here: https://leonardofed.io/blog/caesar.html