Opinion of Julius Caesar
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 25, 2024, 07:00:43 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Politics
  Individual Politics (Moderator: The Dowager Mod)
  Opinion of Julius Caesar		 « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Poll
Question: Champion of the people or ruthless tyrant?
#1
Freedom Fighter		  
#2
Horrible Person		  
Show Pie Chart
Partisan results
Total Voters: 43

Author Topic: Opinion of Julius Caesar  (Read 1181 times)
TNF
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,440


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: March 15, 2015, 12:56:14 PM »
Freedom Fighter (normal)
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 58,152
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM »
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.
Logged
RogueBeaver
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 20,058
Canada
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2015, 01:26:38 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.
Logged
Lief 🗽
Lief
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 44,940


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2015, 01:29:32 PM »
A great, great man. Huge FF.
Logged
Murica!
whyshouldigiveyoumyname?
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 2,295
Angola


Political Matrix
E: -6.13, S: -10.00

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2015, 01:42:39 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.
Logged
Snowstalker Mk. II
Snowstalker
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 20,414
Palestinian Territory, Occupied


Political Matrix
E: -7.10, S: -4.35

P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2015, 01:54:54 PM »
A favorite historical figure of mine.
Logged
ElectionsGuy
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 21,106
United States


Political Matrix
E: 7.10, S: -7.65

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2015, 01:59:10 PM »
Horrid
Logged
H. Ross Peron
General Mung Beans
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 9,407
Korea, Republic of


Political Matrix
E: -6.58, S: -1.91

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2015, 03:06:04 PM »

Although I find it amusing Forum Lefties have a higher view of Julius Caesar than FDR.
Logged
Unconditional Surrender Truman
Harry S Truman
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 14,142


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2015, 04:01:28 PM »
I don't like dictatorships, so HP.
Logged
Cassius
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,598


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2015, 05:31:17 PM »
Pretty awful.
Logged
Filuwaúrdjan
Realpolitik
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 67,706
United Kingdom


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2015, 06:30:35 PM »
Got what was coming to him.
Logged
politicus
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 10,173
Denmark


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2015, 06:33:39 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.

Makes sense. You got Italian roots and not a drop of Gaul blood.

How is he viewed in France today?
Logged
Mr. Smith
MormDem
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 33,193
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2015, 10:16:38 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.
Logged
Illuminati Blood Drinker
phwezer
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 1,528
United States


Political Matrix
E: -9.42, S: -7.30

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2015, 11:05:02 PM »
Quote from: National Progressive on March 15, 2015, 03:06:04 PM

Although I find it amusing Forum Lefties have a higher view of Julius Caesar than FDR.
Caesar never turned any Japanese weddings into Japanese funerals Wink
Logged
The Mikado
Moderators
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 21,767


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2015, 11:08:38 PM »
« Edited: March 15, 2015, 11:11:32 PM by The Mikado »
I tend not to much care for people who subjugate vast stretches of territory, slaughtering the inhabitants and selling many, many others into slavery as an opportunity to redistribute the land to his followers. I find it hard to understand a perspective that condemns Andrew Jackson and celebrates Gaius Julius Caesar.

Given the number of people butchered and enslaved, his actions in Gaul outweigh any possible good he did in Rome.

EDIT: Put me down as a vote for Vercingetorix, an actual, literal Freedom Fighter.
Logged
patrick1
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 7,865


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2015, 11:17:39 PM »
I'm with Al and Mikado, sic semper tyrannis.
Logged
TNF
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,440


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2015, 11:20:31 PM »
Quote from: The Mikado on March 15, 2015, 11:08:38 PM
I tend not to much care for people who subjugate vast stretches of territory, slaughtering the inhabitants and selling many, many others into slavery as an opportunity to redistribute the land to his followers. I find it hard to understand a perspective that condemns Andrew Jackson and celebrates Gaius Julius Caesar.

Given the number of people butchered and enslaved, his actions in Gaul outweigh any possible good he did in Rome.

EDIT: Put me down as a vote for Vercingetorix, an actual, literal Freedom Fighter.

I actually have been pretty consistent in regarding Jackson and the Jacksonians as the lesser evil in the early republic, for what its worth.
Logged
Beet
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 28,904


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2015, 11:26:34 PM »

Ha. You rarely go wrong being with those two.
Logged
Thunderbird is the word
Zen Lunatic
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 3,021


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2015, 12:04:13 AM »
Went in here thinking this read "opinion of Julian Castro"
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 58,152
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2015, 05:59:09 AM »
Quote from: Charlotte Hebdo on March 15, 2015, 06:33:39 PM
Quote from: Antonio V on March 15, 2015, 01:16:21 PM
Flawed FF. Certainly better than his murderers.

Makes sense. You got Italian roots and not a drop of Gaul blood.

How is he viewed in France today?

Not too bad, surprisingly. Mostly just as an apt military commander prevailed despite Vercingetorix despite the latter's best efforts. There isn't really much resentment over Rome for the conquest, probably because nobody can deny that Gaul prospered under the Pax Romana.

He's the antagonist in the Asterix comics, but even then he's only portrayed as laughably cocky and egotistical rather than a genuine bad guy.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.041 seconds with 14 queries.