If you could be any historical figure, who would it be and why?
(Remember, you die the way he or she died)

My choice: Julius Caesar
Reasons:
> stepped across the Rubicon, which is still remembered to-date
> plays were written about his life and death, immortalizing him in the eyes of humanity
> headed the world's greatest empire at the time
> it took 23 stab wounds just to kill him