C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Maximum Force, Blitzkrieg, Alea Iacta Est
4 Jan 2017
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Alea iacta est: the die is cast. said when he crossed the rubicon. traditionally not. 58-45 bc. campaigns against barbarians and campaigns against pompey to get. Veni, vidi, vici: i came, i saw, i conquered. Blitzkrieg: lightning war. resembles hitler"s invasion of poland. maximum force. Imitation of alexander the great (356-323 bc): dynamic, youthful conqueror. Calm and tranquility: people aren"t afraid of him when comes to voting. The foremost successful military leader in rome at the time. Romans: alexander knew how to conquer but we know how to rule . Alexander was a model = how pompey was presented to the romans. rome wasn"t looking for new conquests at the time but wanted stability. Jc = very good politician, one of the best speakers in rome, good military commander, one of the most imitated in romans writings = wrote all these books about the gaulic wars + cleopatra story (pompous).
