Daniell de Jong
Caesar Leadership
Throughout the whole of Book IV Caesars has been talking about the Britons. This chapter is about his battle with the Britons. The Britons are during almost the whole chapter destroying Caesar and his men. This chapter is about the struggle between the Britons and Caesar man. The things they have overcome to beat the Britons. The problems and fear that Caesar, as he points it great leadership help them win the war and battles. Throughout the whole chapter Caesar never says personal he is a great leader, but using his actions and the words of his men, to show his leadership. So, throughout Book IV he shows that he not perfect, but he has great leadership being able to plan ahead and deal with problems swiftly. Throughout this book Caesar faces many hard struggles fighting the Britons. But he shows great leadership in how his men trust him and follow him. That his men will keep fighting in the waves for him. That the eagle carrier would say “ desilite’ inquit, ‘milites, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prodere; ego certe meum rei publicae atue imperatori
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That when the Britons were planning and conspiracy it was “Caesar id quod erat supicatus” (4:32), just as Caesar suspected. Caesar promotes his ability to think ahead by saying Caesar notice, or as he suspects throughout the book. Showing Caesar knew all that was going on and even if he didn’t Caesar showed he could play with the punches and come out on top. Caesar was very smart and tactical, which in the end lead to him putting the army to fight twice and meeting to talk peace twice in one chapter. But then some would counter, he shows him a bad leader too, in that his men had so much confusion when coming and he did not have the horses to follow the Britons the first time. But all leaders, even the best make mistakes and his good leadership outshine his