[buffaloguy]

“Quite the contrary. Brutus was a hero.”

Zactlky. Julius was entraalizing all control of the empire in Rome and Rome ended up as a very large Imperial Empire.

Julius was not a good guy.

[fhayek]

Rome was a republic, then Julius Caesar usurped power. No one rose a finger to stop him. (well, they DID assassinate him), but his nephew Agustus stepped into the breach, cementing the role of emperor. For the next century, many Romans longed for a return to the Republic. History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

P.S. the role of Augustus tonight will be played by Hillary Rodham.

[Usagi_yo]

He was a benevolent dictator, master logistician decent soldier, but we do not come to praise Ceasar. We came to bury him.