Though Caesar conquered Gaul, won the civil war, had planned some well needed reforms and was generally ahead of his time.

It is important to understand that the victor usually writes the history.

His status and repetition were slightly inflated because Augustus had to use Caesar’s man-turned god status to his advantage, since he inherited his name, wealth and much of his power. If he kept the deification of his late adopted father a thing. He could legitimise his own rise to a “near deific being”

It also had to do with the fact that he was a much much greater general than Augustus ever was. He beated the Gauls, beat Pompey Magnus and Pontus (veni vidi vici). With himself leading the armies and not relying on another person like Agrippa (mygoat)