I just finished a bibliography on Napolean, and I was very pleasantly surprised how modern principles he applied to building communities and efficient societies. He was +100 years before his time...
However, he failed to apply the
pattern "divide and conquer" and ended up having all of Europe fighting him, which led to his end. So, he would have been a poor example for applying that pattern, while Julius was a master at applying the pattern, allowing Rome to prosper for hundreds of years, while France was only propsering for a few years under Napoleon...
I will try to get Napoleon into the next book, as I said, a fascinating guy...
Cheers
/Per