Caesar Perhaps no other man in the history of the world symbolizes military and political strength as much as does Gaius Julius Caesar. This man became a legend for his military exploits and an almost global setting, his political manipulations which covered decades of cycles which covered power and loss of power, and his personal life which to have been played in the most melodramatic and theatrical manner. It is Caesar whose life, betrayal , and death which have been immortalized in history and in literature. Caesar who is the focal point of Shakespeare's most famous history play the life cycle of Julius Caesar falls into an obvious organizational scheme.