
Originally Posted by
Conrad_Jalowski
Yes, Julius Caesar was successful in the military tradition with occasional misjudgement, and in achieving political power through coercion, deception, etc, however, he was a petty man morally and emotionally who was rendered obsequious to vulgar and primitive passions. Cato Uticensis as described by the classical authors [Cicero, Lucan, Sallust, Plutarch, Lucius Florus], Renaissance authors [Dante Alighieri], the American Founding Fathers, and Joseph Addison in his tragedy of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis as well as Lewis Theobald in his commentary essay was a noble and virtuous men who did not sacrifice his principles or bend to the will of Caesar and all those dazzled by his exploits of civil war and discord in a false glaring light.
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