Junior Napoleon obsessive

Here I am in about 71 as a young Bonaparte obsessive. I was nicknamed Napoleon briefly but luckily it didn't stick. I think I am part of a demographic that had Airfix Waterloo figures and saw the Bondarchuk movie. My parents indulged me by letting me visit les Invalides to see his tomb and taking me to Waterloo.
What was it that made Napoleon so fascinating to me I don't know - the humble origins, the intellect, the aggression, the opportunism, the fact that he shook the foundations of old Europe - his ego? Maybe Napoleon is the male role model par excellence.