Effects Of Unemployment In Julius Caesar

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One major impact he made was changing many unemployed people within Rome. One-way Caesar had reduced unemployment is by offering the poor a “new life” in Rome’s colonies overseas. These newly employed Romanians will have many tasks such as construction in the oversea colonies. The construction of new buildings allowed for more citizens of rome to get jobs and no longer be unemployed. Although Caesar wanted to end the problem of unemployment in Rome he also wanted better the city’s appearance after he realized how boring and dull Rome seemed in comparison to other cities such as Alexandria, which was considered the greatest city of the Mediterranean. Caesar had wanted to divert the Tiber River away from Rome to prevent flooding from occurring

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