![]() ![]() “Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o’nights Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look he thinks too much such men are dangerous.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ģ5. “It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ģ4. “Men’s minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ģ3. “Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ģ2. “Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.” ~ (Julius Caesar). “He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.” ~ ( Julius Caesar).Ģ0. “In war, important events result from trivial causes.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ9. “The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one’s army.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ8. “Men willingly believe what they wish.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ7. “The die has been cast.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ6. “Experience is the teacher of all things.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ5. “To win by strategy is no less the role of a general than to win by arms.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ4. “I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ3. “I love treason but hate a traitor.” ~ (Julius Caesar). “In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ1. “We have not to fear anything, except fear itself.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ġ0. “A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ĩ. Creating is the essence of life.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ĩ. “It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ħ. “If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ħ. “The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ĥ. Without confidence, they lacked victory.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ĥ. Without knowledge, they lacked confidence. “Without training, they lacked knowledge. ![]() “It’s only hubris if I fail.” ~ (Julius Caesar).ģ. “Fate, dear Brutus, lies not with the stars but within ourselves.” ~ (Julius Caesar).Ģ. Only a month after Caesar’s declaration, a group of senators, among them Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar’s second choice as heir, and Gaius Cassius Longinus assassinated Caesar in fear of his absolute power.Julius Caesar was a general and statesman of the Roman Empire.īest Julius Caesar Quotes on Life, Success & Leadershipġ. His increasing power and great ambition agitated many senators who feared Caesar aspired to be king. In 44 B.C.E., Caesar declared himself dictator for life. He also granted citizenship to foreigners living within the Roman Republic. At the same time, he sponsored the building of the Forum Iulium and rebuilt two city-states, Carthage and Corinth. He wielded his power to enlarge the senate, created needed government reforms, and decreased Rome’s debt. Returning to Italy, Caesar consolidated his power and made himself dictator. This sparked a civil war between Caesar’s forces and forces of his chief rival for power, Pompey, from which Caesar emerged victorious. When his rivals in Rome demanded he return as a private citizen, he used these riches to support his army and marched them across the Rubicon River, crossing from Gaul into Italy. Throughout his eight-year governorship, he increased his military power and, more importantly, acquired plunder from Gaul. His Roman troops conquered Gallic tribes by exploiting tribal rivalries. Returning to Rome, he formed political alliances that helped him become governor of Gaul, an area that included what is now France and Belgium. Seizing the opportunity, Caesar advanced in the political system and briefly became governor of Spain, a Roman province. During his youth, the Roman Republic was in chaos. ![]() Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire, a rule that lasted less than one year before he was famously assassinated by political rivals in 44 B.C.E.Ĭaesar was born on July 12 or 13 in 100 B.C.E. ![]()
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