Napoleon as almost every new "prince" in history was lucky because of the circumstances and opportunities that was lucky to have; which allowed him to become the emperor of France. When the revolution occurred in France the monarchy was abolished, France fell at war with it's neighboring countries because they wanted to restore the monarchy. When France went to war with it's neighbors; this gave Napoleon the opportunity to make a name for himself, Napoleon was then near army hero, Napoleon slowly and steadily up the ranks and eventually became a general and later the emperor because of his success continuous. He went on to dominate Europe for the next decade or so, but made a serious mistake when he tried to invade Russia when he was still
