Grassus Contributions To Pompey's Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar consolidated all power with himself as dictator, with the Roman senate acting as a powerless shell to please the people. He went to such extremes to gain power that Roman historian, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, wrote that Caesar said, “Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia violandum est: aliis rebus pietatem colas” (Tranquillius; I,30). Translated to English literally this means “Be just, unless a kingdom tempts to break the laws: for sovereign power alone can justify the cause.” and in laypeople's terms, “If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.” He took his absolute power and used it to increase his popularity with the populace.

The mutinies in Pannonia and on the Rhine were not a good start to Tiberius’ rule and the Senate saw that. Tiberius disregarded the mutinies and attempted to follow in his predecessor’s steps of co-ruling with the Senate. Tacitus condemns Tiberius by stating, ‘Tiberius made a habit of always allowing the consuls the initiative, as thought the Republic still existed and he himself uncertain whether to take charge or not.’ Suetonius contradicts Tacitus’ claim by writing, ‘Tiberius did not

As Caesar gained power through the people, the Senate became worried. They feared Caesar might make himself king. Soon, so that wouldn’t happen, the Senate swore that Rome would never be ruled by king again. Caesar became impatient and brought his own army to Rome ti overthrow the Senate. The people saw this as heroic. They were saved! Caesar was going to solve all of their problems; well it wasn’t going to be easy. The Senate constantly plotted and

1 Tragic Hero Annotated BibliographyBy: Maria CoronelJames Madison High SchoolMay 30, 2018.Marcus Junius Brutus: The Assassination of Julius CaesarMarcus Junius BrutusE. Badian - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Junius-BrutusThis article talks about how Brutus’s life started. He was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus and Servilla. When Caesar defeated Pompey, Brutus was captured. Caesar forgave him, andBrutus became a member of the senior priesthood for Caesar. One of the characteristics of atragic hero possesses in this article is that Brutus had too much pride.

a) In this article, the different reforms that Caesar had in mind were outlined. He had many ambitions when taking over Rome. One that seemed important was his change to the annual calendar, creating "leap year", making a 365-day [solar] year, and taking away the intercalary year. He also gave power to the people on voting for magistrates, gave citizenship to those practicing medicine and helped to reduce debt among citizens . . .

Though Pompey sought power by manipulating the political system to his own advantage, the fact that the Senate was already weak and hence gave him this power.This shows that although Pompey’s actions were detrimental to the fall of the Republic, he was not the sole contributor. Pompey was both underage and had held none of the required offices, yet the Senate passed decrees exempting him from these traditional prerequisites, thus allowing for him to be joint consul with Crassus in 70 BC. According to Cicero, “absolute power” was what he had sought, and thus this ambition had nothing to do with “the happiness and honour of the community.” This reveals a callously ruthless dimension to Pompey, in that he would undertake any measure to achieve his own goals. However, it should also be noted that Cicero’s interest areas are sometimes narrow and deliberately, or accidentally selective. By reaching the top without any previously held positions of consequence, Pompey the Great had manipulated the political system to his own advantage. Thus, by doing so he undermined the Senate, reiterating its insignificance and weakness.

Two powerful men remained, racing to get through the gate first. Many people feared a civil war would erupt. With fear of civil war, the Senate demanded both men to disable their armies. Pompey decided to listen in the hopes that he was in the Senate’s good graces, and he knew that Caesar was not. He gave up his army knowing that if Caesar did not, that Caesar would be declared an enemy of the Empire.

In 49 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his army, declaring civil war on Pompey and his supporters in the Senate. In this paper, I will explore the political and legal issues that pushed Caesar to the brink.

In order to determine the significance of both Gracchi, one must examine both Tiberius' and Gaius' actions and the effects they had at the time. In 133, Tiberius Gracchus attempted to solve Rome's problems, specifically the land crisis. He introduced the Lex Agraria, a bill for land reform, which proposed that a commission of three people should allocate small holdings of land owned by the state (ager publicus) to landless citizens. The bill was met with great controversy, however, it wasn't the content of the bill that provoked the reaction, rather the means with which it was proposed. As Stockton notes "It ceased to be a struggle about the rights and wrongs of a particular land bill and became a fundamental question about the true nature of Roman politics". Tiberius met great opposition to the bill itself because the ruling Nobiles were those benefiting the most from the current situation. Therefore, Tiberius used his tribunate in an unprecedented manner, and in proposing his bill, bypassed the senate going directly to

The Effectiveness of Octavian in Enlisting Senatorial Support for his New Administration in the Period 30 to 19 BC.

On March 15, 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was attacked by a group of conspirators and died within minutes due to multiple stab wounds. Before he was murdered, he was an adored consul of Rome, though some people believed he was gaining too much control and had to be stopped. While there were many conspirators and it is difficult to pin the blame on any specific person, the Casca brothers delivered the fatal blow. Therefore, they are responsible for the death of Julius Caesar.

The other two triumvirs agreed to grant Julius Caesar the office of consul in 59 BC. He was appointed the governor of Roman Gaul in 58 BC and built up an army there. Caesar marched north into Gaul and defeated the Helvetii. Caesar's military contributions to the empire were significant, but he destroyed the Republic with his civil wars. His march on Rome exploited the precedent of Sulla, whose own march was due to far more legitimate political issues. Caesar simply didn't want to be prosecuted for the innumerable laws he broke during his consulship, and so refused to lay down his arms when ordered by the Senate and People of

From the exile of the poet Ovid arose the epic poem Metamorphoses, a story that follows the creation of the Roman Empire from the beginning of time. Leading up to book XV Ovid continues to paint the gods in an unfavorable manner for their outrageous behaviors. Ovid exhibits a greater respect for those who exert intelligence than those who exceed in battle. Augustus Caesar, the adoptive son of Julius Caesar, was responsible for the exile of Ovid, in an attempt to implement censorship. For these reasons, Ovid disapproves of the deification of Julius Caesar, and, in fact

Who was Julius Caesar? Julius Caesar accomplished many things in his day, which most would consider unbelievable. He has been considered a tyrant or dictator, and some believe he was one of the world’s greatest politician. In this paper we will compare the textbook and documentation that was written around 44 B.C.E the time of his death. The documents are considered to be “primary sources”, because of the timeframe in which they were written. To get a grasp on whom, Julius Caesar really was, we need to not only dive into the primary sources, but we need to view his accomplishments. By analyzing his accomplishments, textbook, and the primary sources we can better understand just how Julius Caesar was portrayed during his reign.

Julius Caesar is perhaps the most well known in the history of Roman Emperors, yet there is no denying that his reign was filled with controversy, no reason more so than his devious rise to power and his mischievous ways of suppressing the senate. There is no doubt that in ruling as a Dictator; Caesar lost the support of the Roman people, who had fought for freedom against an Etruscan King, a role in which Caesar was playing. His death in 44BC coincided with what many believe to be the year in which the Republic completely its eventual ‘fall’ that it had been plummeting to since 133BC, and it is only by looking at the differences in the end of his reign to that of Augustus’ in 27BC that