Sunday, 23 August 2015

Discuss how Julius Caesar could be considered a tyrant.

Gaius Julius Caesar (July 13, 100 BC€“March 15, 44 BC) was called a tyrant by those who
opposed him and wanted to destroy him.

The nobility, including a number of
Roman Senators who conspired to assassinate him, believed that they were entitled to rule Rome
by right, and they were upset with Caesar for initiating laws that limited their power and
interfered with their accumulation of personal and family wealth, which was acquired at the
expense of their fellow Roman citizens.

The nobility believed that Caesar
intended to organize and consolidate power in Rome solely for himself and rule as a king or
emperor. At least that's the kind of propaganda that they hoped to get other aristocrats and the
Roman people to believe in order to undermine Caesar's power.

During the
Roman civil wars, Caesar...

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