At the end of the ancient Roman Republic, the Western storm was turbulent, and various wonderful dramas were staged one after another, becoming a classic page in human history. A few years after the end of the Roman Civil War, the so-called Three Giants were born, namely Crassus, Pompey and Caesar, who went from forming an alliance to breaking up the gang and finally dying, and there was no winner in the dispute. The only thing that makes people wonder is that the richest and strongest Crassus was the first to die, and Pompey, who became famous as a teenager, was defeated, but Caesar, who was a rogue, could go to the last step and become the closest person to success, so what was Caesar's superiority?
History is always strikingly similar, the three giants of ancient Rome, and the three fierce men of The Qin and Han dynasties in China around the same time, the status and personality are very similar, and the ending is also the same. First of all, let's talk about Crassus, he is similar to Qin Shi Huang, he was strong at the beginning, but he had bad luck and left the field early. As the richest man in Rome at that time, Crassus had no courage, means, and ability to say, and he began to suppress the Spartacus uprising and successfully ascended to the top of the political arena. Just when he was about to show his fists, he was killed in a big battle, so it is reasonable to say that such a high-ranking and powerful figure could risk his life? To put it bluntly, he saw that Pompey had plundered a lot of wealth through war, and he felt that he could do it. I didn't expect a generation of tyrants, and finally the horse lost its front hoof and was planted in the hands of a small character.
Let's talk about Pompey, he is very similar to Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, both are aristocratic and full of unruly thoughts, both are god of war level figures, young and famous, and have a record of slaughtering prisoners of war. But they all have the same disadvantages, that is, they can't afford to fail, and they are too dependent on the rules of the game to know how to work around. The only difference may be that Xiang Yu did not run in the end and killed himself in Wujiang, while Pompey ran faster than a rabbit and was not killed until Egypt. After Crassus's stupid death, Pompey became the biggest political star in the whole of ancient Rome, and after all this, he also lay under the existing system like Xiang Yu of that year, believing that it was impossible for anyone to break his monopoly of power. He also naively thought that with the authority of the Senate, Caesar's military power could be revoked, but he did not expect that the people did not care at all, and directly crossed the Rubicon River, catching him off guard.
As for Caesar, the personality experience is almost exactly the same as that of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, on the origin of only half a nobleman, no longer than Surabaya Pavilion, on financial resources, as poor as Liu Bang, on ability, to be honest, before going to Gaul to fight, there is really no skill. But he had two innate advantages that neither Crassus nor Pompey possessed, the first being that he could draw on the help of any forces but not be bound by them; and the second being that he obeyed all the rules of the game and always violated them at crucial moments.
From his history of origins, we can see how similar this man's luck and disposition are to Liu Bang, and the first political position he first obtained was a military security officer, but he was only an official with a sesame seed. The official positions in ancient Rome, either elected or automatically promoted according to the number of years, Caesar worked hard at the grassroots level for six years, and finally mixed with the municipal administration of the Avon de Appia, whose main responsibility was to manage and maintain the streets and temples, which was equivalent to the director of the street office of the tourist attraction. Although the official is not large, he can also be regarded as one foot into the Roman aristocratic circle, and at this time, his opportunity comes. What are the opportunities? It was Crassus, the richest man in Rome, who wanted to enter the Senate and take power, but you just had money, you also needed political prestige, so he wanted to find someone with no background, good control, and reputation to be his agent, or a bridge of transition, so he set his sights on Caesar.
After that, Crassus provided Caesar with unlimited funds, so that Caesar could gain prestige, and you think there is still this good thing in this world, and there is too much money for me to help you spend. So Caesar was not polite, not only repaired the temple streets neatly, but also carried out various sports meetings and entertainment projects every three to five minutes, which greatly enriched the spiritual and cultural life of the Roman people. He was then elected consul, the chief executive, but he himself understood that he was only a temporary archon, and during his reign he desperately supported Crassus to the throne. A year later he naturally gave way to Crassus, and he himself was sent far away to Gaul to be governor.
It is reasonable to say that this kind of political chess piece is basically the end of his political career here, but who thought that after arriving in Gaul, Caesar actually showed outstanding military talent, repeatedly won battles, and wrote a "Gallic War Record", and the general who can write a military book Can you think that the level can be low. Relying on military merit in this way, Caesar once again turned over the salted fish, and gradually reached the realm of Pompey in the army. After that, the war between the two people began to compete for dominance, the story is almost a Roman version of the Chu-Han War, as the old saying goes, a person like Xiang Yu can't be Liu Bang's opponent anywhere at any time.
As for the final ending, the two are actually similar, Han Gaozu Liu Bang worked hard for more than ten years to start a business, just had a little bit of the meaning of the world's determination, he fell ill and died, and before he died, he was also depressed by the threat of Lü Hou, and after his death, his descendants and his wife launched another fight. Caesar, who had just succeeded in his own business for decades, saw that he was almost crowned emperor, and as a result, he was assassinated by the nobles, and after his death, his nephew and his generals launched another war. Therefore, things that are too lucky to come, generally enjoy the experience is not so perfect.