Who was Julius Caesar writing for when he wrote his campaign memoirs? Did he know greatness was coming and wrote his own testament to his military prowess or was he writing it to influence the Roman upper classes? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Who was Julius Caesar writing for when he wrote his campaign memoirs? Did he know greatness was coming and wrote his own testament to his military prowess or was he writing it to influence the Roman upper classes?

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Also would the rest of the lower illiterate classes know of his written work while he was alive?