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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 1656192, member: 6370&quot;]I don&#039;t know about that...Julius wrote his own accounts of his wars and released them to the populous which served as self promotion and made him very popular with the people. I believe Julius was a pretty adept statesman, all around brilliant in war and matters of state...and without him and his legacy Augustus probably would have remained relatively obscure. IMO, the only reason why Octavian rose so quickly as he did was his ability to gather troops on the name of and his association with Ceasar. They flocked to a young relatively inexperianced man simply because of the assiciation...not to say that Augustus didn&#039;t use that association to its fullest. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for tactician, it is pretty unclear who was the true brilliant tactician, Octavian or Agrippa...but my money is on Agrippa. Octavian had the name and all the sway it suddenly gave him to gather troops and money...Agrippa was the brilliant general. Thats just how I read it. IMO Agrippa was one of the greatest of Romans from this time period...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now my FAVORITE Roman came a bit before...Gaius Marius[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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