The Rise of Caesar

The standard candles of caesarism are julius caesar himself and napoleon bonaparte. I do not count as caesars somewhat similar heroes who saved their country from internal threats, such as francisco franco and antonio salazar. Caesar cannot force the circumstances necessary for his success. The french revolution, despite the very great changes in governance it wrought, had no caesar. Nor is one a caesar if one is a bought and owned client of others. Which makes most communest dictators, and all those in europe, not caesars.