Talk:Julius Caesar/@comment-36103759-20181222184043/@comment-36277500-20190319184336

You know, history is written by victors... There is no such "good" and "evil" in history, unless it conserns unprecedented cruelty (for example, Crassus) or sanctity. Historical Caesar was not angel nor devil, and he was no more cruel than his opponents. I suppose that one of his descendanrts, Octavian, was way more cruel and ruthless (the way he dealt with Antony, Cleopatra and Cesarion).

History remembered him as great tactician and charismatic commander (soldiers were devoted to him) and a clever dictator who united scattered and deeply corrupted Republic by his reforms (plebs loved him too). Only ones who hated him were rich and spoiled officials, whom he took away their power and wealth from. From the perspective, he was one of the best things (if not the best one) which happened to Rome.

The same history remembered Brutus as a traitor, and Cassius... who the hell later remembered Cassius? Maybe Dante, who placed Cassius and Brutus in the same drawer with Judas, as three gretest traitors in history... While Caesar stayed in history, literature and film industry as Total Badass, Brutus was remembered as Total Jerk.