Why Did Julius Caesar Corrupt

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Julius Caesar was a great general and important leader in Ancient Rome. During his lifetime which lasted from 100 BC to 44 BC, he had held almost every important title in the Roman Republic including consul, tribune of people, high commander of the army and high priest. At a young age, he knew how important money was to the Roman politics and why the system was so corrupt. He suggested many new laws, which most of them were approved. He recognized the army and never lost a battle in the many he fought. He improved the way provinces were governed. He also shared his intelligence with the world by helping edit the calendar, and the romans rewarded him by naming a month after him. Julius Caesar was one of the greatest military minds and leaders …show more content…

He would accompany his father to the forum, which was the seat of government of ancient Rome, it was obvious that he would have a future in politics. When Julius Caesar became a leader he did many things that helped to socially reform Rome and improve the roman economy. He was one of the first Roman politicians to realize the Roman Republic was on the verge of collapsing. Since the rich citizens of Rome owned almost all of the land and slaves did all of the work, which left the poorer Roman citizen’s jobless. introduced several laws that redistributed land and jobs from the nobles, which cancelled a quarter of debt in Rome. By doing that not only did he help the Roman economy, but that led Rome to socially reform by having the more rich citizens have to pay more taxes than the poorer ones would have too. Not only did that help socially reform Rome, but also helped improve the economy. Julius Caesar was the first one to realize that Rome was on the verge of collapsing, and he fixed it by redistributing land and jobs from the nobles and socially reforming the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar saved the Roman economy, and that is why he is a …show more content…

Julius Caesar had a grand nephew, Octavian who had served under him for numerous years. He had considerable political skills and in Caesar`s will he was appointed to his successor and left him three quarters of the estate also left him very wealthy. Octavian then teamed up with Mark Antony, Caesar's right hand man. They had an army and fought together until Mark Antony got together with Julius Caesar’s ex-lover, Cleopatra, and from then on it was them against Octavian. They both ended up committing suicide. Octavian’s power started growing, but he didn’t let himself become power crazy, just as his uncle had become, which led to his assassination. He stayed cautious and became an outstanding leader of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar gave him that, and even though he wasn’t alive, his decisions helped lead Octavian to become an excellent leader. Julius Caesar may have become power crazy and took it to far, but he was a trendsetter to his nephew and many others which still have influence on how our society runs

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