Julius Caesar, and why he was a great leader. Honors World History. Today, rulers of other countries still bear the title Caesar. This name has achieved an unprecedented amount of respect. Julius Caesar is one of Rome's most famous leaders, and he has come to deserve that fame. Julius has many of the discrete characteristics of a leader. He was egotistic (some may say an egomaniac), he had a controlling power, he was intelligent, and …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1375 total…over the Roman Empire. Some people took this as a true sign of Julius being part divine. Julius had such an impression, that the Senate of Rome officially dubbed Julius Caesar as being Divine. From that day on, Caesar became not only a name, but a title bearing the utmost respect along with it. Caesar became the title bore by the next great ruler of Rome, and became the title of countless rulers to come.