... old commanders battled for control, while orators like Cicero labored to save the old Republic. In the and, Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted son Octavian known to history as Augustus Caesar outmaneuvered and outfought everyone. The year after his uncle's death, Octavian and his allies of the Caesarian faction joined ... to the Roman state. In the battle of Philippi, in northern Greece in 42b.c., Octavian and his allies defeated the conspirators who had assassinated Julius Caesar. However, peace was not at hand. Octavian split with his former allies, especially with Mark Antony, ...

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... was a great military mind and used his popularity gained through victories to rise to power. His leadership helped Rome become a prosperous civilization. Julius Caesar was born about the year 100 B.C. or 102 B.C. He was born into one of the oldest families in Rome. Some say that he ... to powerful and would become a threat to them. In 63 B.C. he was elected pontifex maximus, meaning high priest. After serving Rome as praetor, Caesar returned to Spain in 61 B.C. as propraetor where he won a considerable military reputation with a victorious campaign against the Lusitanians. At 39 years old...

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... two separate levels. One is being what is on paper or the formal level. The second level will be what really goes on at ground level. Augustus claimed his intensions were to restore the republic, in reality he was transforming the Roman government into an empire ruled by one man. From Dio Cassuis, ... "the power of both people and senate passed entirely into the hands of Augustus, and from this time there was, strictly speaking, a monarch; for monarchy would be the truest name for it, even if two or three men later ... held the power jointly. Cassius also tells us that Caesar himself w...

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... leaders exhibited different styles of leadership and employed different political strategies. In addition, these leaders came to power and maintained their control in their own unique ways they were Agricola, Augustus, Julius Caesar, and the brothers Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. These men had a great respect from citizens because their agenda were full of problems of citizens not themselves (Usually!) First we ... He had held the consulship and bore the decorations of triumph. One last example of a similar type of leader was Augustus Caesar. Augustus defined the epitome of good leadersh...

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... Roman Republic developed into the Roman Empire as the struggle of power between factions in Rome effected the structure of the Republic. This struggle was resolved by the settlement of Augustus, bringing about a new age in Roman culture. After the Punic wars, many soldiers returning home to farm found their fields practically unworkable. Some moved to Rome to work as laborers ... solidify the senatorial power. Pompey and Crassus, both placed in power by the Senate, were also feared by the Senate. They repealed much of Sulla's constitution and together with Julius Caesar formed the First...

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... having a slave cut his throat. Several thousand of his followers were then killed or executed. Rome continued through several civil wars before Julius Caesar came to power. A statesman and a general, Caesar was made the head of the popular party. Caesar was made military tribune and was quaestor in Spain. He helped Pompey to obtain the supreme command for the war in the East ... . His praise of Marius and Cinna made him popular with the people, but earned him the hatred of the senate. He was eventually assassinated and Rome fell into turmoil again. Augustus" arrival brought peace back to...

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The one man mainly responsible for the change in Rome's Government was Augustus. He first came to Rome after he was notified of Caesar's assassination. After confronting his enemies Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Activum, Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide and Augustus was left unchallenged by any man. On his return to Rome he proclaimed he would restore the Republic, He ... republic with the traditional powers of the monarchy. According to Edward T. Salmon, the Principate was intended to be a diarchy; a joint rule of Emperor and Senate.The Senate still functioned, though Augus...

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