Julius Caesar Divi : The Second Triumvirate

Julius Caesar was a general and a politician of the late Roman Republic. He greatly influenced the size of the Roman Empire before seizing power and making himself dictator of Rome, which paved the way for the Imperial system. (Julius Caesar 100BC-44BC, April 29th, 2014)

“I love the name of honor, more than I fear death,” a quote said by one of the most famous Roman leaders named Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was born in July 100 BC and he died on March 15, 44B.C. Caesar was a general, politician, and a dictator. Caesar was loved by many people for guiding them and providing safety for them, but he was also hated by a countless number of people. That hate ended up in him being murdered. He gave Rome hope for a better future and a promise of new land, jobs, and wealth. Caesar accomplished many things for his country like win many victories, developed the Julian calendar, and redistributed land to the poor. He used many different tactics and strategies to win his wars. Through brilliant military tactics, Julius Caesar, ruler of Rome from 49 B.C. to 44 B.C., guided the people of Italy and Rome to achieve many victories, allowing him to become a powerful ruler, hero, and inspiration and leaving a legacy that still shapes the world today.

Gaius Julius Caesar is considered to be one of the world’s most influential and powerful military and political leaders. Born into a wealthy and old aristocratic family on July 13 of the year 100, it was expected of Caesar to assume office in pursuit of an ordinary career in Roman politics. However, Caesar was not an ordinary person. Instead, he climbed up the political ladder by marrying into a wealthy family, assumed important military positions that heightened his status, and advocated for key social issues in service to the poor. Through these feats, Caesar was hailed as a hero by the common people of Rome and was declared dictator perpetual, dictator for life. However, this position did not make him popular in the Senate. The senators

Julius Caesar was born July 12, 100 B.C. By age 31 Julius Caesar fought in many battles and was also apart of Roman Politics and soon became dictator of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar got married to Cornelia, they were forced to get a divorce, but Caesar refused and joined the military. After returning his wife died.

Octavian, while seeking after numerous procedures like Caesar's, he managed his enemies in a more successful way. Octavian too went into a Trium viral agreement in 43 B.C. with Marc Athony and Lepidus, this time an open understanding ratified by the Senate. Given control, the Triumvirate chose to issue a proscription against their political foes, such as Caesar's conspirators, a procedure utilized beforehand by Sulla. Notwithstanding expelling their political foes, a proscription would give truly necessary financial help to the Triumvirate from confiscated assets. The proscription prompted numerous deaths. Subsequently, Octavian was without big enemies inside the city of Rome. Both Roman custom and political strategy directed that Octavian

Gaius Julius Caesar, 55, passed away March 15, 44 BC in the Portico of Pompey. Born July 13th,100 BC in Rome, he was the son of the late Aurelia Cotta and Gaius Julius Caesar Sr. Caesar was born into a patrician family, the gens Julia, which claimed to be descents of Iulus, son of Trojan prince Aeneas. While his family was very noble, they were not a very influential political family.

Also, making allies and friends impacted how Caesar stood socially through nonfiction. Many years ago, Julius became very powerful and distinguished as he befriended two very important people named Pompey and Crassus. The two men were rivals, but Caesar was able to make them get along. Now they were all very powerful and named the “first triumvirate”. The new trio that had finally helped him get his dream had been elected for consul which was basically the highest of all in Rome. These impacts were all caused by the friends that he made before making these choices.

Centuries after the murder of a rising dictator, students, historians, and linguists alike continue to study the death of Julius Caesar as immortalized by William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. In this tragedy, Shakespeare examines the days preceding Caesar’s downfall, and the aftermath that ensues. The tragedy describes Marcus Brutus, a character with noble and honorable intentions, influenced by Cassius to support a conspiracy against an ambitious politician, Julius Caesar. Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators succeed in ending Caesar’s life, but are forced to flee when Rome turns against them. Much controversy has arisen over who is the tragic hero of the play. A tragic hero is a noble character who, despite his greatness, is led to destruction by his own fatal flaw. Although many argue Brutus is the tragic hero due to his prominent role in the play and his heroic, yet flawed, character, Shakespeare remains justified in the naming of his play. In Shakespeare’s accurately titled tragedy, Julius Caesar, rather than Brutus, remains the tragic hero of the play due to his heroic qualities, his fatal flaw, and Brutus’ ineligibility as the tragic hero.

From the age of 27, Julius Caesar was well respected by the general public due to his military success which led to the rise in his political standing. He worked very closely with many Roman politicians with great public influence including Pompey the Great and Crassus. The public services that Caesar introduced to the Roman population gave the people confidence in his leadership thus leading to the rise of Julius Caesar’s reign in the upcoming years. He portrayed himself as a public servant to the people of Rome which was a key aspect in the rise of a Caesar’s Republic throughout Rome due to the fact that it gave the public influence in the governmental decisions. This sort of leading style was primarily the reason that allowed for Julius Caesar to gain control over Rome without taking over and having the support of the roman citizens with him. It was in 47 B.C. Caesar had began to shape the structure of the Roman Republic through the means of declaring himself as the “Dictator in Perpetuum” and by reinstating an imperial type of government rule but it still brings into question, to what extent was Caesar responsible for the onset of the Republic’s decline. Reinstating the imperial government rule does not necessarily resolve this investigations question as much as greatly support one theory of which states the cause for the onset of the Roman Republic's decline. At the age of 40, Julius Caesar was elected onto the consul due to his military success in order

Shortly after Caesar was betrayed by his own people (led by the republican nobles Brutus and Gaius Cassius) his great nephew and adopted heir Octavian, joined forces with Mark Antony to crush Brutus and Cassius and divided power in Rome with ex-consul Lepidus, in what was known as the Second Triumvirate. With Octavian leading the west, and Antony the east, a tension was soon to be developed, because the greed of power is inevitable. Around 31 B.C Octavian triumphed over Antony and crushed him in the battle of Actium, and by 29 B.C Octavian was sole ruler and leader of Rome, and all its provinces. To avoid meeting Caesar’s fate, he made sure to make his position as absolute ruler acceptable to the public by apparently restoring the political

Julius Caesar took control of the government of Rome in 48 B.C.,before Julius Caesar the Roman Empire was ruled by two consuls who were elected by the citizens of Rome not the Emperor. In the republic there were three classes during this time the patricians ,plebeians ,and the slaves. Since patricians were citizens of the upper class they could vote,plebeians were also citizens and could also vote but unlike the patricians they had to do their own work rather than have a slave do it for them.Slaves weren't considered citizens ,they couldn't vote, weren't allowed to have money and weren't allowed freedom either. Women also were unable to vote. They also had magistrates who kept law and order, when they retired they became senators.Caesar became

The Roman Republic ended with the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC. A republic is a state in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives. The Republic was technically not a republic because the people did not elect representatives to the Senate. The Republic was slowly falling apart before Julius came into the picture. Their armies were spread thin, generals were taking over provinces and increasing amounts of infighting, and corruption from within the Senate helped the fall of the Republic. After Julius Caesar appeared and had himself elected into the Senate he proclaimed to end the civil wars and bring back law and order. The rest of the Senate feared him and assassinated him in public. Their actions sparked a war that would start the Roman Empire.

unic war, he took the war elephants and was able to successfully make a surprise attack with the war elephants and later assumed that Carthage retort, but Carthage had other issues such as debt. He also understood that war was costly, he tried helping Hannibal but was eventually captured and executed. Overall, they pretty much lost the war, paid the winners and all the costs spent preparing for the war. The Roman Republic had several issues back then, these matters consisted of Senate, the Plebeians, and the New Nobility. The Roman Republic began as a place ruled by many, such as the Senate, the assembly of centuries, the assembly of tribes, and the plebeian council. The Senate is usually any lead senate or Patrician which were noblemen from

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Julius Caesar is a work of art by William Shakespeare in 1599. Within this play Julius Caesar is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is defined as “the main character of a tragedy [who is] usually dignified, courageous, and high ranking” (novel study guide). Also vital to defining a tragic hero is that, “the hero’s downfall is caused by a tragic flaw” ( novel study guide). It is very evident that Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a tragic hero given that he is of noble stature, has a fatal flaw and comes to an unhappy end.