The Lessons We Learn
After conquering Gaul (primarily present day Belgium and France) and serving as its governor for an unprecedented 10-year term, Julius Caesar believed he’d earned the opportunity to lead Rome as consul. By 49 B.C., he had built massive wealth and an enormous army, and this gowing strength and influence was a growing concern for the established powers.
Klon Kitchen is a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
