Julius Caesar To Break The Law Analysis

A notorious Roman by the name of Julius Caesar once said, “If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.”(Caesar) That one spoken sentence alone can define this man’s actions in detail from his very first success, all the way to his downfall. Opinions have been thrown left and right; to and fro, as to wether or not it was justified for Caesar to bend Roman law. It is asked wether it was right or not for this legendary dictator to break the law, if it was for the good of Rome. Let’s keep in mind that this is but a question for an opinion, and not everyone will agree with what is written. Some may disagree, while others may find it perfectly understandable. Here, the opinion is placed “on the fence” so to speak, …show more content…
Julius Caesar was known - by those who cared to look him up - to be a masterful public speaker. Using his words and booming voice, he was able to take hold of the attention of the Roman people and create numerous supporters, who loved him as he loved them. Caesar held a tough position on crime, which aided him in winning support from the Roman citizens. This is a man who aimed for his own title; a name for himself. With the help of his daughter Julia, Caesar receives legions from Pompey the Great, and takes them off to Gaul. Here, Caesar comes across a man named Vercingetorix, and releases him because of his strong will to survive and protect his home. Some time later however, Caesar and his men are attacked by that very man and his own troops in which he gathered. The two men take their armies and battle for six years in the Battle of Alesia. This war is depicted in the Julius Caesar film of …show more content…
During the Battle of Alesia, Vercingetorix orders all of the women and children to be sent out of Alesia and to Caesar’s camp. It is evident that Vercingetorix is doing this for the sake of his men, but it’s also clear that he hopes for Caesar to take in the women and children. The young, old, and mothering are at the gates of Caesar’s camp; pleading and begging him to let them in. To everyone’s dismay, Julius Caesar denies the women and children entry into his camp, and he sends them back to Alesia. Vercingetorix doesn’t open the gates and let these people back in, and instead leaves them to starve out in the cold, where they all eventually die. Caesar has broken the Law of Rome, and has allowed tens of women and children die. He very well could’ve been crucified for committing such a crime. However, he is not in the wrong, for those were not his people, and he needed his men to survive, so that he would still have an army for battle. If he had let those people from Alesia in, he wouldn’t have had enough supplies to support both them and his army for long. They all would’ve eventually starved, therefore it was for the best that he kept his gates