Wasn't even there a random mention in TNG itself, an old professor of Picard saying that he was like a centurion patrolling the limits of the Roman Empire?
Ok, the centurion analogy doesn't work, but Caesar's? Damn well. The first seasons after Farpoint are Picard's Galic Wars... He is, in a way, a Caesar that preferred command of his army to political power (although his command was not without political power or repercussions, and he was hardly a faithful tool of the Federation/Senate).
Could have gone in a different way, though. Had the Founders infiltrated Earth during TNG instead of DS9... wow, the possibilities for Picard and his crew applying his particular style to Federation politics in the center, instead of mostly in the outer provinces of the Empire.
*makes sacrifices to your brain again, just in case*
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Date: 2006-08-13 12:50 am (UTC)Wasn't even there a random mention in TNG itself, an old professor of Picard saying that he was like a centurion patrolling the limits of the Roman Empire?
Ok, the centurion analogy doesn't work, but Caesar's? Damn well. The first seasons after Farpoint are Picard's Galic Wars... He is, in a way, a Caesar that preferred command of his army to political power (although his command was not without political power or repercussions, and he was hardly a faithful tool of the Federation/Senate).
Could have gone in a different way, though. Had the Founders infiltrated Earth during TNG instead of DS9... wow, the possibilities for Picard and his crew applying his particular style to Federation politics in the center, instead of mostly in the outer provinces of the Empire.
*makes sacrifices to your brain again, just in case*