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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 8251612, member: 135271&quot;]I have to agree with this point. Would Caesar really cast himself as the victim here, or the victor? And remember who the intended &quot;audience&quot; is: these were coins specifically for Caesar&#039;s own troops, who were (I imagine) already fiercely loyal to him. I doubt that they needed any propaganda from Caesar trying to justify his actions, and I doubt that Caesar would have felt they needed it. If anything, I would think a morale-boosting image of a powerful Caesar (along with his legions) as an elephant trampling down an enemy would be far more likely to resonate with the troops than a message of Caesar&#039;s victimhood, as if he felt the need to offer excuses. </p><p><br /></p><p>And even assuming Caesar was wanting to cast himself as the snake/victim, it seems that he went a little overboard on it...I mean, one&#039;s first impression of the coin is of an elephant completely overwhelming the snake. It&#039;s too strongly in favor of the elephant; the elephant is in complete domination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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