Julius Caesar

I find Julius Caesar the most interesting because of his desire to obtain a position of power and complete ruthlessness. These two traits of his seem to go hand in hand on more than one occasion. When in incredible debt he sacked cities in Spain just to ease the burden of these debts and place himself in a better position for consulship. After the triumvirate was established, he gave himself a proconsular command in Gaul. For the next ten years in The Gallic War he spearheaded an immense loss of life and suffering for his own glory. Caesar was only able to reach dictatorship through crushing those who opposed him.