Gaius Julius Caesar, also known as Julius Caesar, was a Roman dictator and general. He was born on July 12th, 100 BCE in Rome, Italy. He is supposedly related to the Trojan Prince Aeneas, a Greek Hero and Mythical God. He was also the nephew of the famous Roma general, Marius. After his Uncle’s death, Sulla, his uncle’s enemy, was going to seize Rome by force.…
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician. He was born July 13, 100 B.C; his father was a politician and his mother from the plebian class. Caesar rose to political prominence during the revolt of Rome's allies. He was related to Gaius Marius who was the revolt's leader, and he chose to join his faction. In 65 B.C Caesar restored the triumphal monuments of Marius which were a political success on his part.…
“I came, I saw, I conquered” (Julius Caesar).The sheer strength of a unified Rome and concurring land far east as the Asian Minor and as far south as Egypt, is the definition of power. Caesar was a conqueror ready to ally himself with his enemies and was ready to sacrifice anything for land and power. He was chased by Sullan out of Rome, but came back a Warrior and a Leader. He showed integrity and courage stated by Campbell’s Great Leaders Grow Deep Roots, with the actions he demonstrated on the battlefield and with his people. Caesar was a great leader with the experience of his life and choices he made to reach a greatness higher than anybody else.…
He fought in the wars with the soldiers and took control of Rome. He had a great military strategy and leadership, and won the support of his soldiers through that. He also treated many of his defeated enemies generously and appointed some of them to government positions. Caesar has a lot of good qualities and his military leadership was enjoyed by his soldiers.…
Julius Caesar was a great political leader who was the bridge from the old Roman Republic to an Empire. One of the most famous Roman Rulers of the time Julius Caesar, through his reforms and actions he brought the Roman Republic to its knees. Although Julius Caesar was an accomplished military leader, statesman and politician, his motives and actions would damage the Roman Republic. The way Julius Caesar contributed to the breakdown of the Roman republic was through his involvement in the civil war, the motives he had while being the dictator of Rome and how his death would bring about a civil war and the beginning to the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar was the final straw to the breakdown of the Roman Republic.…
Julius Caesar Assassination Paper Julius Caesar was a Roman Consul alongside Pompey, that converted Rome from becoming a Republic to a Dictatorship, under his long reign of his noble family, Julius. Julius Caesar was able to do this because the Roman Senate appointed him as Dictator for Life or “Dictator perpetuo”. He was able to achieve this noble title by becoming a successful war hero, and conquering the rest of Germania north of Rome. Once he conquered Germania he returned to Rome, to find out that his wife Calpurnia was dying, once she died, Pompey tried to overthrow Caesar, and take Rome from. When Pompey failed, him and some conspirators (Senators) escaped Rome, and fled.…
This rise of power allowed Caesar to achieve one of his greatest accomplishments, the takeover of…
Caesar was loved by the people but not by the higher ups in Rome, who feared his rise of power (Shmoop). People of Rome had abandoned their work to celebrate Caesar. During this time in the Roman Republic, anyone’s rise in power from the people was viewed as a threat. However, Caesars death results in a Roman Civil War. If you think about power in our…
He aligned with all the right people as well. Cleopatra is a prime example of this. He had the backing of Cleopatra’s people because of her and he also had Cleopatra’s land and Alexandria to use as strategical military bases. Caesar finally showed his strengths with his speeches and with the Roman people. He got them totally on his side and an adequate amount of Roman people really liked him as a dictator.…
How can someone with desires change anyone’s fate? Or change someone’s reputation? Take Brutus, an intelligent, desirable character in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, as an great example to change fate or opinions about someone, because he has a special characteristic that most characters in the play do not have. This characteristic has the power to convince others, guide them, and stabilize emotions. This characteristic is called leadership.…
Caesar was a fearless, arrogant, and complicated ruler. He ran against Pompey in 48 B.C. Pompey was then murdered only a year after his defeat. This may cause you to believe that Caesar demanded for him to be killed in order to preserve his spot at the top. This quote from Shakespeare shows how Caesar had a huge impact on the people of Rome. Caesar didn’t listen to…
He changed Rome in a historic ways and made Rome a better place. Even with everything that was going on while Caesar had power, he always was thinking of the future and what the people of Rome needed the most. Caesar helped transform Rome by focusing on what mattered the most. Julius Caesar, formally known as Gaius Julius Caesar, was one of the most popular and trusted leaders of the Roman Republic. The definite date of Julius’ birth was not quite known, but it is assumed to be between July 12th or 13th, 100 BC.…
Suetonius mainly focuses on how Caesar used means to manipulate his way into higher positions of power. Suetonius carefully describes the political moves and oratory skills by which Julius continued to increase his own power while battling for the popular party against the Senate. After the nine-year campaign in Gaul, Caesar decided that only civil war could settle the political dissension. Caesar 's popularity with the people excelled, presenting a threat to the power of the Senate and to Pompey, who held power in Rome. Crossing the Rubicon, he marched on Rome to start a Civil War against Pompey and ultimately seize power.…
The allure of power can cause men to turn upon even their closest of allies, often using knives of jealousy to increase their position in society or finalize themselves as a leader. In William Shakespeare’s fateful play Julius Caesar, a group of jealous conspirators assassinate a man quickly rising to power in Rome. Julius Caesar, a honorable general, faces hardship as many in Rome see his rising to the throne as a dangerous threat for the fate of their country. The death of Ernst Rohm in Germany, which leads to Hitler’s rise in power can be related to the assassination of Julius Caesar because of their ambition and the jealousy of others around them.…
Julius Caesar was the first dictator for life and had shaped Rome for ever. Julius Caesar was born on either 12th or 13th of July in 100 BC in Rome to a well known but awfully poor family. Caesar’s life started at 16 when his father, Gaius, died, as a result Julius grew closer to his mother Aurelia. Julius at a young age had an ambition for politics and the idea of becoming apart of the Roman political system grew because of unstable order among the republicans. Caesar took a great step forward towards politics when he married Cornelia a daughter of Sulla a powerful man and dictator in Rome, Sulla had no part in the marriage and forced Caesar to leave or risk losing his property, Julius didn’t back down.…