What are the similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar?

Answer 1

one answer:

This is actually an unfair comparison. Barack Obama is an American president, democratically elected and then re-elected. Julius Caesar was a military general who used his strategic skills to gain power, taking control of the government and becoming the leader of the Roman Republic. Both Mr. Obama and Caesar made some innovative changes (the president got health care reform passed, Caesar expanded the Roman empire and instituted the use of the Julian calendar); both were popular with certain groups of supporters, while both had powerful enemies who wanted them out of office. But there ends any further similarities. While it is true that both Mr. Obama and Caesar have been considered very polarizing figures, claims that President Obama wants to take over, grab more power, or become a dictator like Caesar are based on partisan rhetoric from his political opponents, and there is no evidence to support such claims.

another answer:

Julius Caesar was known for his charisma, as is Barack Obama. Julius Caesar had an extreme amount of support from the Plebeians ( what you could call the lower class of Ancient Rome). Barrack Obama makes many promises to the lower and middle class of American in return for receiving a lot of support from them. Barrack Obama supports a larger federal government with more power which has succeeded in achieving in some areas. Julius Caesar was in a position known as dictator which was a position given during times of war that had almost total control of the republic at that time ( people given the position originally only received a 6 month term to avoid one person gaining too much power) a position not unlike the President of the United States. Julius Caesar changed that, through his vast number supporters he was able to reduce the Senates role to that of a mere advisory council (similar to increasing the federal government of the United Sates' power). After that he was elected dictator for life by his supporters. Thus beginning the imperial age of Rome.

Answer 2

Both were leaders of a power county, at the time of rule. Both were assasinated. Both were involved in a civil war pretty close to the end of their rule.