Napoleon had two sides. It's possible to see him as a megalomaniac dictator whose arrogance and self-promoting egotism led to nearly 15 years of continual war and the deaths of millions of Europeans. From his rise to power in 1799 to his first abdication in 1814 he went to war with Britain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, the Ottoman empire, Spain, Portugal... need I go on? He won and lost a huge empire, repressed the rights millions and took apart the democracy and liberty of the French Revolution.
