
Episode IV - Caesar's Triumph
Emperors of Rome
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Caesar's Triumph
Is there signs of Caesar the person seated in his writing? I don't think he wants us to think of him as adopting that role. He gives us this idea that he's entirely single-minded about this campaign. All he's telling us is that he's going beyond what any military commanders done before. This is part of his propaganda war with Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great. They're carrying out this propaganda war through their conquests abroad and then through while Caesar's away,. Pompey has a huge building plan in Rome - including most famously Pompey's theatre. It's another way of standing alone by himself in power. Everybody can look at this, people of any status
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