César

Jules César · Roman general and dictator · 100–44 BC

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Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Julius Caesar in passing, mainly as a historical reference point and as an example. He places him in the passage from the city to the Empire1 and cites him in connection with the triumvirate2. He describes him as a great soldier who became dictator, almost king of Rome3, and makes him a figure of the strongest4. In a session devoted to Napoleon, he sees him as a great strategist, able to turn one Helvetian tribe against the others5. Following Hegel, he counts him among the politicians who write their own history themselves, in what Hegel calls original history6. He returns several times to the phrase "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's"7. In a session on Hegel, he reads it as the sign that man no longer abases himself before a sovereign8. He also notes in passing that Roman soldiers addressed him with the familiar "tu"9.

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Who is this?

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and was titled as dictator perpetuo in 44 BC, helping create the political conditions that led to the collapse of the Roman Republic and the emergence of the Roman Empire. […]

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