Hmm, why's there boss music heralding the entry of this 'Gaius Julius Caesar' character onto the political arena? Maybe doubling down on the suppression of the political opposition, up to and including mass-murdering them, without resolving any of the issues motivating them to oppose you in the first place is actually a losing strategy in the long run. Especially when your opponents tend to be well-armed even before all their fears are validated in rapid succession. Okay, so we just knifed him in the back after he was nothing but magnanimous to us. That should be the end of it...wait, Mark Antony is rabble rousing and the plebs are pissed.

What's this about "Augustus?" Nah, he's just a kid, focus on Antony.

Edit: Even worse, at least the Optimates had the defence of "Tradition." What does the Establishment have?

Hmm, why's there boss music heralding the entry of this 'Gaius Julius Caesar' character onto the political arena? Maybe doubling down on the suppression of the political opposition, up to and including mass-murdering them, without resolving any of the issues motivating them to oppose you in the first place is actually a losing strategy in the long run. Especially when your opponents tend to be well-armed even before all their fears are validated in rapid succession.

Okay, so we just knifed him in the back after he was nothing but magnanimous to us. That should be the end of it...wait, Mark Antony is rabble rousing and the plebs are pissed.

What's this about "Augustus?" Nah, he's just a kid, focus on Antony.