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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4359568, member: 101855&quot;]By today’s standards the conduct of Julius Caesar and many other men whom historians view as “great” is abhorrent. The trouble is you have look at them in the context of their times.</p><p><br /></p><p>After extensive studies into the lives of the British monarchs from Alfred the Great to date and some beginning studies of the Roman emperors, I have come to a “Leo Durocher” conclusion. “Nice guys finish(ed) last” in those days. If you were not able to take territory or put down you enemies, they would put you down. You could not be like Ferdinand the Bull and gently bend down and sniff the flowers. If you did, one of your opponents would have stuck a sword in your back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just look at the history of the British kings. They were constantly at war or imprisoning or killing their enemies. Kings like Henry III (1216 to 1272), who was drawn to religion, culture and the building of Westminster Abby, are generally viewed as “weak.” Most kings who were deposed didn’t get live out their lives. They were killed or committed suicide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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