Caesar And Naopoleon

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For the next eight years,
Caesar led military campaigns involving both the Roman
legions and tribes
in Gaul who were often competing among themselves. Julius Caesar
was a Roman
general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in Rome’s transition
from
republic to empire (Duggan 84).
Caesar's principles were to keep his forces
united; to be vulnerable at no point, to
strike speedily at critical points;
to rely on moral factors, such as his reputation and the
fear he inspired,
as well as political means in order to insure the loyalty of his allies and
the
submissiveness of the conquered nations. He made use of every possible
opportunity to
increase his chances of victory on the battlefield and, in
order to accomplish this, he
needed unity of all his troops (Duggan 117).

From the time that he had first faced battle in Gaul and discovered his
own military
genius, Caesar was evidently fascinated and obsessed by military
and imperial problems.
He gave them an absolute ...

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a
strong military leader that
had showed strength and courage to take over the town and he
was able to form
a civilization that was strong militarily and politically (Grant, Caesar
187).
Caesar was one of the great generals of history; his name became synonymous
with
leadership, hence the titles Kaiser, and Tsar.
Having been promoted
over the heads of older officers, Napoleon's unbroken run
of victories over
the armies of both Austria and Piedmont established his credibility as a
commander,
while his concern for his previously ill-equipped soldiers won their loyalty.
During
the storming of a bridge at Lodi, he fought alongside his troops, and earned
from
them the nickname of "the ...

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