The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22

public Offices and became n leader OF the
Young uppertendom of Rome.
Caesar did nothing, however, which
until he was a middle-aged man. His foe,
Penney. was surnamed The Great at
thirty-four. Caesars distinguished WORK
did not opcn until he was forty-two.
Ills opportunity came when he was
chosen consul with Gaul as his province.
Both he and pompey belonged to the trl-
umvirate that governed the Ronah state'
showed any exceptional force OF cllar"cter
Int pompey was the leader. Caesar saw
fiat if he could subdua the tfauiS-alWay5
Tho terror Of RCme-he would be the Srea5
national hero lie saw, too, that while
fighting the barbariaus he would pc Great
ing an army OF veterans with WHICH nc
could rise 10 sole control
Ills way of approaching the new puSi
ness Of war shows that Caesar consiceIeu
first the ''strat2@ic situation, just as Alex
a Ilt or Hannibal would have done.
In those days strategy was understood
rs a science. IacticS-tA2 ART OF ladhen' y
veiopcd Strategy has been called me arg
of moving troops on the map. 1t Is the al /
of moving armies over large seSloh 81
country III such manner as 10 place uie
enemy at disadvantages
Caesar made q careful study OF the nat
7,r0l features Of Gaul-its mountains, liYGrs'
forests, and coast lines. Then he fofihed d
chiefs of Gaul were very able men, but III
eglt wears Caesar made the country I%O-
man province. r,.,,-o.. found
themselves arrayed in arms against cach
o+hpr-thc other member OF the tr!lhi'iftIe'
C,rass1is. had died. POmpey stood lor l!o
9ristocratic party-Caesar for dehoerauc
ideas. ...,,u,.,.. b,,4
Coocor in ten months had driven ann over
into Greece and himself held All Italy: ne
marched into Spain and captured am Hla-
handed P0mpey's seven leglohs thefe' ALeii
hn went into Greece with his veterans a;iu
ltonoraI scheme Of conquest Some OF lil9
fought Ponpey again. and Hompey he4
~ I[rTnt whittier Caesar l1isurey followed
T1h@ra were campaigns in Airca ana
Asia. but the end was that after only four
tonn wears of war this man, VINO was hoI
hrod = soldier, stood monarch OF Rome IN
aIl but the name, and controller Oh inc
whole of the then-knoWn WorId.
How was it?
He had gone into the business of war
with n trained brain in the maturity OF ITS
s,Innrh yic0r, His intellectual grasp OF any
Situation was perfect. His control OF men
was complete; his character imposed on
every one that ever approached nm. 1itS
nervous strength enabled him to undergo
any toll, any STRAIN. -,
And Caesar was always lucky. He knew
the fact and seemed sometimes to rely on
it. He often did things garingly careless.
TTe invaded Italy with one legion. When
Pompey had ten; he sailed to Greece with
less than twenty thousand men to attack
Pompey, who had 10000: he landed IN
Egypt with 1000 and was soon surrounded
nv an army Of 10000; he went into AtIlsaa
again with 5000. where the Pompeiffs
had an army of $4,000.
But, perhaps, Caesar did not rely on his
luck. One of his traits was his determining
lion to succeed in any affair OF fight which
he had undertaken with insufficient means.
It was when encountering. Overwhelming
odds that he most fully displayed his splen-
did vigor, his wonderful skill.
Though fighting was often a matter OF
wnuld NOT give battle until compelled to.
we we' may judge of the extraordinary. military
greatness of this greatest man OF ancient
history by one feature of ali his campaigns
their short duration.