Caesar vs Augustus

I think that Julius Caesar was a more important leader than his grand nephew Augustus because Julius Caesar did much more for Rome. He was a much more disciplined and stronger leader. He was a tactical genius and a good military commander. He tried to prevent poverty, he was loyal to his followers and friends, and punished criminals. He was the one who started the Roman Empire. He could have been crazy, he could have a disease, or he could be power hungry and greedy but what he did in the end is what counts. Without him Rome went into another civil war. Some might say that his grandnephew Augustus was a more important leader because he led Rome into 200 years of peace and expanded its Empire. But without Caesar Augustus would have been another senator; and without Caesar Rome would have never became the powerful Empire as we knew it.