Yet another entry into the "New Vegas' Caesar Demonstrably Knows Nothing of Ancient History:"
Watched a video where someone fully explored Caesar's dialogue tree (I don't bother, I just level a combat shotgun at his face) and...the guy's either a complete fucking retard or the accounts left over of Caesar (esp. De Bello Gallico) post-War are woefully inadequate. Why?
Well, he compares his crossing the Colorado to Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Allow me to explain precisely why he's full of shit. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE with the 13th Legion after having finished fighting the Gallic Wars. He did so because his governorship of Further Gaul was at an end and feared that the corrupt political machine of Rome would put him on trial.
Vegas' Caesar? He's crossing the Colorado in defiance of a more civilized nation, after having attacked and subjugated numerous neighbouring tribes. He fights and enslaves all in his path, brutally executes his own men, and is by all rights utterly and completely barbaric; Julius Caesar would be insulted that this man was attempting to usurp his name.
Who is Vegas' Caesar acting like? Well, we gotta look a little further back into history for that. In 58 BCE, a tribe in modern-day Switzerland known as the Helvetii made plans to cross the river Rhone, wishing to both range in new lands and to slake their thirst for battle. After the man who'd originally planned this action, Orgetorix, had committed suicide after his plan to use this as a stepping stone for power had been uncovered by his own people (the punishment for which was being burned to death), another rose to complete the plan which the Helvetii still wanted to enact: Dumnorix. Dumnorix led the Helvetii to the border between Further Gaul and their own lands, where they met with Caesar, who denied their request to cross the Rhone because Caesar knew that they were a warlike people who would cause a great many headaches for those in his province. Dumnorix then led his people (after several failed attempts to cross at night where they had initially camped) around a narrow pass and went by way of the lands of the Aedui. What did the Helvetii do when they crossed? Well, they raped, pillaged, and sold the children of the Aedui, Ambarri, and Allobroges as slaves.
Thus, Vegas' Caesar is acting nothing like his historical counterpart. In all actuality, he's acting the part of Dumnorix (and, to a degree, Orgetorix) the Helvetii invader. He's not crossing the Rubicon as he so grandiosely claims; he's crossing the Rhone. As the barbarian horde. All of this he'd know...if he'd bothered to properly read (or had access to) a copy of the very first book of de Bello Gallico.