halfway through giving my coworker the Fall of the Roman Republic spiel she asked, “so was Julius Caesar, like… a good guy…? or a bad guy?”
Funnily in history you normally have to go “well, it’s complicated”, but in Caesar’s case I feel like you can pretty safely go “oh, he was a bad guy” and keep going.
dunno—kinda has something going for him
This is what the 2024 election has done to Tumblr, the Caesar stans coming out of the woodwork -_-
Caesar was literally the best of guys
Counterpoint: he was the worst of guys
He conquered Gaul is what he did! He was an honorable defender of the plebian class, and in this house Gaius Julius Caesar is a hero, END OF STORY
