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Julius Caesar

Roman dictator, 49 to 44 BCE

Conquered Gaul, won a civil war and was made dictator for life before senators assassinated him in 44 BCE, hastening the end of the Roman Republic.

Julius Caesar sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly strength-first on war and peace and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Julius Caesar sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Julius Caesar

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Political views closest to Julius Caesar

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…99%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.93%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…91%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.89%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.