Ditmar Hoxha JM1614857Julius Caesar comparison essayBoth incredibly well established leaders to their respective peoples; Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln set a mark on history in their own separate ways that can never be replicated. The reason I have chosen to compare Julius Caesar to Abraham Lincoln is because of their significance in 100-44 B.C. and the 19th century, respectively. They left their foot on history and will both be forever remembered as great leaders in many respects, which is a remarkable feat that not many have or will achieve. These characters could not be so different, yet similar that I had to compare the two. A small town boy born in Kentucky and raised in Indiana being compared to a boy born into a senatorial status,
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He upheld the belief that the country could not survive nor thrive by enslaving half of its people, one such speech is his well know “house divided” speech. His Gettysburg address, a speech given during the American civil war, is one of the most meaningful and powerful speeches of all time, essentially wrestling with the idea of human equality, which was foreign to some at the time. Lincoln forever left behind a legacy that was hard to follow up on for succeeding presidents. He was assassinated just 5 years after being elected in 1865.While being incredibly different in some aspects, Lincoln and Caesar shared many quality traits that make them some of the greatest leaders history has to offer. Both Caesar and Lincoln were great military heroes, mainly because of their incredibly intelligent military minds, both exuding excellent common sense and strategy. Besides some other superficial similarities such as both being assassinated by people with views opposing their own, both were viewed as legends to their people promptly after their assassinations. In the end, no matter the motive behind their beliefs or how they were murdered, both men shaped the future of each of their nations for centuries to come and had a profound effect on how leaders are meant to act.From a simple boy born in Kentucky, to a boy born into a well established family of patricians, or noble rank in the Roman Republic, both of these leaders Gaius Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln could not have been more different in terms of their early life. Both leaders were assassinated for their vision of change whether it was good or bad is hard to say, however we can conclude that some of the people in their time were not ready for that change. Caesar was gaining power and many feared what this would mean for them. Lincoln was proposing
He upheld the belief that the country could not survive nor thrive by enslaving half of its people, one such speech is his well know “house divided” speech. His Gettysburg address, a speech given during the American civil war, is one of the most meaningful and powerful speeches of all time, essentially wrestling with the idea of human equality, which was foreign to some at the time. Lincoln forever left behind a legacy that was hard to follow up on for succeeding presidents. He was assassinated just 5 years after being elected in 1865.While being incredibly different in some aspects, Lincoln and Caesar shared many quality traits that make them some of the greatest leaders history has to offer. Both Caesar and Lincoln were great military heroes, mainly because of their incredibly intelligent military minds, both exuding excellent common sense and strategy. Besides some other superficial similarities such as both being assassinated by people with views opposing their own, both were viewed as legends to their people promptly after their assassinations. In the end, no matter the motive behind their beliefs or how they were murdered, both men shaped the future of each of their nations for centuries to come and had a profound effect on how leaders are meant to act.From a simple boy born in Kentucky, to a boy born into a well established family of patricians, or noble rank in the Roman Republic, both of these leaders Gaius Julius Caesar and Abraham Lincoln could not have been more different in terms of their early life. Both leaders were assassinated for their vision of change whether it was good or bad is hard to say, however we can conclude that some of the people in their time were not ready for that change. Caesar was gaining power and many feared what this would mean for them. Lincoln was proposing