Classics - Alexander vs Caesar treatment of the Persians and the Gauls

Ambition - Alexander

his choice was a life of struggle, of wars, and of unrelenting ambition

P

Ambition - Caesar

I would rather be the first man here, than the second in Rome

barbarian village

Portrayed as Liberator - Alexander

any of the towns people found indoors…were to be rescued

Halicarnassus

A

Portrayed as a Liberator - Caesar

directed the Allobroga (roman allies) to supply them with grain

Tyranny - Alexander

sent in chains to hard labour

Greek mercenaries

A

Tyranny - Caesar

when they were brought back he put them to death

Helvetii fled

Mercy - Alexander

Tyrians who fled to the temple of Heracles

to all these Alexander granted a free pardon

A

Mercy - Caesar

orders that no one was to kill any of them

rebellion of Aedui

Integration - Alexander

every one of [his men] Alexander provided a dowry

mass weddings at Susa

A

Integration - Caesar

his main concern was to reassure them and allay their fear

visited wester and more anti-Roman tribes of Gaul