The fate ofmost of us is to vanish without trace in themantle of history, and usually individuals who figure in history do so because another individual chooses to recount their deeds for posterity. Homer immortalized Achilles, as did Virgil for Aeneas; Plato, along with the unpretentious Xenophon, preserved the memory of Socrates. Caius Iulius Caesar, known to us as Julius Caesar and by common consent one of history’s great men, naturally took care of his own reputation. For us moderns the conquest of Gaul stands as the greatest of Caesar’s achievements, yet at the time it was little other than a stepping stone in his struggle for power. In this Caesar had the great advantage of being a man of letters as well as a man of war, the embodiment of Mars and Minerva. It was a talent that enabled him to be, as the Romans said, his own herald. [download]
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