veni vidi vici

November 9, 2009
By Erbil Kücük

USUALLY THE FRAME IS USED TO UNDERLINE CAESARS QUEST FOR GRANDIOSITY . OTHERS USE THE FRAME TO UNDERLINE THEIR QUEST FOR GANDIOSITY . BOTH FAIL IN ONE CRUTIAL POINT . THE MEANING OF THE WORDS . THE MEANING OF THE WORD CAN BEST BE EXPLORED BY THE CONTEXT IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN . THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT AT THIS THREE WORDS IS THE CONTEXT IT HAS BEEN WRITEEN AND TO WHOM IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN . SO THE QUESTION IS WHY DOES CAESAR WRITE THE WORDS AND TO WHO HE WRITES THEWORDS . WHAT ARE HIS INTENTIONS . WHEN WE ANALYZE THE WORDS WE WILL SEE THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A FEEL OF GRANDIEUR . MUCH MORE WITH POLITICAL PROPAGANDA AND RIVALIRY . TO OUTLINE HIS TALENT AND DOWNGRADE HIS COMPETITION . AT THIS POINT HIS COMPETITIOR IS ALREADY DEAD . STILL MANY SUPPORT HIS CAUSE . MANY ARE SUSPITIOUS ABOUT CEASAR . SO WHAT BETTER TO DO THEN WRITE A LETTER TO THE SUSPITIOUS SENAT TO OUTLINE HIS TALENT AND COMMAND TO WIPE AWAY ALL REMAINING DOUBT THAT HE CAN DO IT . THAT HE CAN DO IT BETTER . THAT THERE IS NO POINT IN DOUBTING ANYMORE . AND NO POINT IN FOLLOWING A DEAD PERSON . A DEAD PERSON WHO HAD LESS TALENT THAN CAESAR . ONCE BECAUSE HE LOST THE CIVIL WAR AND SECOND HE NEEDED MUCH LONGER TIME THAN CAESAR DID . HIS RIVAL NEEDED MONTH TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING IN THE EAST CAESAR DID IN A FEW DAYS . THE SAME PEOPLE AS ENEMIES . THE SAME KING . ANOTHER MILITARY AND POLITICAL COMMANDER . ONE NEEDED MONTH . THIS ONE HE CAME SAW THE SITUATION AND WON . TURNED BACK HOME . POMPEIUS WAS HAILED AS A GRAND COMMANDER . EQUAL TO THE OLD HEROS OF THE PAST . SAVIOR OF THE FATHERLAND . HIS SUPPORTERS COULDN´T FIND ENOUGH WORDS TO ENHANCE HIS REPUTATION . POMPEIUS SUPPORTED BY SOME ARISTOCRATS . CAESAR EQUALLY TALENTED AMBITIONED WITH LESS SUPPORT IN THE SENATE . THE GALLAIN WAR CONQUEST OF BRITAIN CIVIL WAR AFRICAN WAR WERE NOT ENOUGH TO WIN SUPPORT OR AT LEAST SILENCE THE OPPOSITION . AND HERE IT COMES THE ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HIS SUPERIORTY AGAINST HIS COMPETITOR POMPEIUS WHO HAS STILL SILENT OR OPEN SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE WHO STILL DARE TO OPPOSE CAESAR . ONCE IN A LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY TO HIT POMPEIUS HARD WHERE HE IS HAILED MOST . IN HIS CONQEUEST OF ASIA MINOR . POMPEIUS NEEDED MONTH CAESAR ONLY AF FEW DAYS . VENI . VIDI . VICI . STILL ANYONE OUT THERE TO DOUBT ME .

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One Response to veni vidi vici

  1. Jon Pear (a.k.a. NeuroAster) on November 18, 2009 at 3:39 am

    “Politics is the art of the possible.” (Otto Von Bismark)

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