Caesar's Role in the Army

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King, Jr

Caesar was a gambler on a large scale. Pretty much every move he made was controversial, because the Roman army was outnumbered time after time by his political opponent Pompey's army or from that of other countries. The essay by Adrian Goldsworthy states, "Caesar's operations could have easily ended in disaster." The essay also states that Roman's weren't as brash as one may today be led to believe - the army gambled in a calculated fashion. Though it does seem to me that they gambled no matter what state they were in.
One battle involved a hill, where Caesar was outnumbered by thousands, and yet he fought in such a way that held back portions of the army and intimidated Pompey and his army enough to back off before all of Caesar's army even saw battle. Caesar always stood strong, even when, realistically, he should have regrouped and gotten stronger. His tactic was to forge ahead no matter what, giving off the impression that his army is always ready to fight.