FC–I think you’re placing to much importance on yourself when you say:
I asked you to identify the Caesar about whom you were speaking, since there were more than one and they were all soldiers. I know some things–such as where his name came from and who his wife was, his affair with Cleopatra, etc–because I was in a high school production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and read a lot about him so as to give thought behind my character. And I asked who really cared whether or not he was ‘happy,’
I asked that question in an effort to understand what the intent of the thread was; which is something I still don’t understand! I could have asked, “What do you mean by 'happy?”–I didn’t because I didn’t know where you wanted to go with your thread. Perhaps I should have. I mean, it’s like asking if Genghis Khan, or Saladin, or Constantine, or Alexander, or (yes, even) Hitler was happy! I imagine they all were–I imagine they all had unhappy times, as well.
So, I’ll ask now, what do you mean by ‘happy?’ Do you mean, “Did Caesar have a feeling of pride and accomplishment when he did his job as he thought his job was?” Would he have done his job if he didn’t?
If he had a feeling of pride and accomplishment because he was able to bring more land under Roman control, thereby expanding the Roman Empire, which do you think meant the most to him–his personal feelings, or expanding the Roman Empire?