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Reading Group--Caesar's Legion
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Eh! Indeed, mmadsen, indeed! *That* episode was his only defeat. My professor was speaking of battles though.
I find it kinda sad that Caesar endured the fire and terror of war, survived for years through so many battles,--many of which Caesar was outnumbered, and a lesser, but still fine general would have most likely have lost--he is then murdered on the steps of the Forum by a group of his friends. That is quite sad, especially so for someone so brilliant and gifted as Caesar.
Caesar should have never gone in there without a platoon of elite Legionnaires to guard him! Those petty, treacherous Senators would have been slaughtered in a flash had Caesar been protected properly, heh?
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Eh! Indeed, mmadsen, indeed! *That* episode was his only defeat. My professor was speaking of battles though.
I find it kinda sad that Caesar endured the fire and terror of war, survived for years through so many battles,--many of which Caesar was outnumbered, and a lesser, but still fine general would have most likely have lost--he is then murdered on the steps of the Forum by a group of his friends. That is quite sad, especially so for someone so brilliant and gifted as Caesar.Caesar should have never gone in there without a platoon of elite Legionnaires to guard him! Those petty, treacherous Senators would have been slaughtered in a flash had Caesar been protected properly, heh?
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[Pompey] would abandon Italy, withdrawing to Greece using his strong naval superiority, and there he would regroup and rebuild his army with the half dozen Roman legions stationed in the East and the support of the many eastern potentates who were in his debt.
This really surprised me. It never occurred to me that Pompey would just leave -- and that Caesar would take Italy within 70 days.
In fact, the most famous men of the day, including the great writers and orators Cicero, Cato the Younger, and Varro, all supported Pompey.
This doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, I still don't understand what Caesar's rationale was. I can see that he thought he could sieze power -- and he wasn't wrong about that -- but I can't see how he thought that would be "right".
This really surprised me. It never occurred to me that Pompey would just leave -- and that Caesar would take Italy within 70 days.
In fact, the most famous men of the day, including the great writers and orators Cicero, Cato the Younger, and Varro, all supported Pompey.
This doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, I still don't understand what Caesar's rationale was. I can see that he thought he could sieze power -- and he wasn't wrong about that -- but I can't see how he thought that would be "right".
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We're skipping ahead a bit -- to Chapter XVI: Caesar's Last Battle -- but here goes:
According to Appian, when friends urged Caesar to "have the Spanish cohorts as his bodyguard again"...Caesar declined, saying there was no worse fate than to be continuously protected, for that meant a person was constantly in fear, a sentiment expressed by many a leader down through the ages.
Living your life surrounded by bodyguards must be much worse than it sounds, because it seems crazy to go without them.
Warfare in the Classical World by John Warry
I recently mentioned Warfare in the Classical World by John Warry. Well, I was in Barnes & Noble the other day, and they have a hardback version in their bargain books section. Get it.
If you want to buy it on-line, it's just $9.08 (!) at bn.com. That's less than I paid for the paperback.
I recently mentioned Warfare in the Classical World by John Warry. Well, I was in Barnes & Noble the other day, and they have a hardback version in their bargain books section. Get it.
If you want to buy it on-line, it's just $9.08 (!) at bn.com. That's less than I paid for the paperback.
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