Caesar Lives and Dies in the Shadows of Others Though Caesar does not seem to be aware of it, he bears a striking resemblance to the characters of Tasgetius and Orgetorix. Besides their shared traits, their lives follow a path not unlike Caesar’s, and all end similarly. The deaths of Tasgetius and Orgetorix foreshadow Caesar’s own demise through their similarities such as military expertise and popularity. Tasgetius only appears for a short time in De Bello Gallico, but he is said to be proficient in battle and a useful ally: quod in omnibus bellis singulari eius opera fuerat usus (because in all the wars there had been use for his remarkable service (5.25.3-4)). Caesar himself praises Tasgetius, for a trait he attributes to himself as
