... leader, the famous Julius Caesar, was assonated, the empire was established. After much battle and coercion, a leader was finally chosen. Hence, the Roman Empire was born. In the meanwhile, the fine arts of Rome were also developing. There were no new fields of study produced but there were ... art of bookkeeping/writing. The United States government in commonly known as a democracy, but it's actually a Republic, almost identical to the Roman one. The Roman government was one of the most powerful ever, at one point ruling most of the civilized world. The term Caesar, originating from Ju...

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... at the end of the five years of command by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate were now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces ... exile by prosecuting him in the courts either for bribery or for the use of force in politics. In Rome there was support in the senate for a negotiated compromise when Curio put forth the proposal by which Caesar would give up his military command and stand in person at the consular ... ...

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... of the five years of command voted to him by coming to a fresh agreement with Pompey and Crassus at Luca. The optimates in control of the senate, now awake to the immense increase in Caesar's personal power, wealth, and prestige, kept Pompey in Italy, allowing him to govern his Spanish provinces ... exile by prosecuting him in the courts either for bribery or for the use of force in politics. In Rome there was support in the senate for a negotiated compromise when Curio put forth the proposal by which Caesar would give up his military command and stand in person at the ... and influence...

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... was the conquering of Gaul. Some of his other achievements include, lower class politician, introduced laws against extortion, publication of the proceedings of the Senate, and reorganization of the taxes. During the Social War his Uncle Marius massacred all of his enemies, had himself elected consul, and then dies ... was pardoned and he remarried Pompei, who was the granddaughter of Sulla. In 68BC Caesar was elected questor and obtained a seat in the Senate. Caesar supported Pompey and helped him against the Mediterranean pirates, later ended up in command of the war against King Mithr...

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... in 73bc, a very persuasive speaker. The year before, while still absent, he had been elected to the pontificate, an important college of Roman priests. In 71bc Pompey the Great, who had earned his epithet in service under Sulla, Returned to Rome, having defeated the rebellious Populares general ... by Vercingetorix, was suppressed in 52bc) While Caesar was in Gaul, to the north, was still independent, but the Aedui, a tribe of Roman allies, appealed to Caesar for help against another Gallic people, the Helvetii, during the first year of this governorship. Caesar marched into Celtic Gaul ...

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... . He used borrowed money to provide for the amount of entertainment to create his popularity. The way that Caesar saw it was that since the Senate was not in favor of him, he would focus on the population that he could manipulate to gain votes. When Caesar came into power, he ... began making his own laws without the permission of the Senate. This became a threat on the Roman Republic. Many tried to oppose Caesar, but he gained a lot of supporters during elections that the ones who opposed him would have to ... rode through Rome in "Triumph." He became dictator and Rome's borders were st...

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... he learned how to fight. At 15, he became interested in politics. He had a tough childhood, because he was epileptic and very vain. Caesar was admitted to the lifelong Senate after being a soldier for a number of years. The elite didn't accept him, so he turned to campaign for the poor. Caesar became the supreme priest, but he wanted ... to be higher in the Senate, so he joined together with two wealthy Romans, Crassus and Pompey. With these two as friends, he became consul. One year later, he became a governor of Roman territory. Caesar started many battles so he could say he had many t...

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... - Power In William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, a group of men conspire to assassinate Caesar; a man they feel will destroy the Roman Empire if he is given such power. They feel he is not worthy of being an emperor. They are worried about the corruptive abuse ... Julius Caesar shows his desire for ultimate power and loss of judgement when he decides to go to the capital and meet with the senate after Decius convinces him that the senate is thinking about awarding him the crown. This is not true but a ploy to lead Caesar to his death. Decius" sways ... Calphurnia that the people of ...

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... too much power and that if he became the king of Rome he would become corrupt and use his powers to create a bad society. The senate resented his actual position that was shown in the sixty member conspiracy which Marcus Brutus had organized to kill him. On the Ides of March , ... two days before he was due to leave Rome on his great eastern expedition, he was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate in Pompey's new theater. He fell dead at the foot of Pompey's statue. Pompey was avenged, as well as Bibulus and Cato. After a provocative funeral ... and "divus Julius," or divine Juliu...

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... to what it is today. As a young man he entered the roman political life. He believed in Rome and tried to make the empire great. When he was 42 years old he got his first break as governor ... Gallic tribes. Caesar's forces or army was seriously outnumbered to the Gallic tribes. Even though they were outnumbered he completely defeated the Gallic tribes and became a roman hero all through The Roman Empire. Some citizens of Rome do not believe that he was a hero at all. Caesar made many enemies while he conquered the Gaul's. Several people thought ... make right decisions. If you look at...

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