History is fiction in the not-fiction area. 95% is missing taken to the grave in silence and the 5% that is allowed to be there is embellished according to a reinforcing narrative agenda of a kind that sells enough copies to make it worthwhile.
As Frank Herbert said: "History is written by the historians". And they are part of the system. Just look at history books which are thought in schools.
History gets rewritten constantly. An example: Julius Caesar, hero, martyr or villain? Ask an Italian or a French, probably two different versions. But also ask to an Italian 50 years ago (probably a hero, maybe even a martyr) or today (maybe a war criminal to be judged in the International Court of Justice.)
Of course a correct judgement should apply the mindset of when the facts happened.
I hear you, but why do we have to reduce this guy, of all people, to mere labels. Just reading story of him coming to power makes you gasp in awe at the sheer force of will and confidence that you are being destined for something greater.
I dunno, I just like dislike this kind of, whats the word, reductionist approach to a human being. Million things made Julius the man that he was. If he ever had avocados, would we consider him proto-vegan?
