How Did Julius Caesar Abuse His Power

never repay them.”(p. 52) In this quote, it is shown Caesar not only bribed his way into higher positions, but he did so with money he stole from other people, his people. No person let alone a leader of men should act as a common thief, and what is even worse is the fact he had to abuse his power and authority to acquire the money from those beneath him. Abuse of power from anyone is wrong it is a slippery slope that leads directly into despotism. Not to mention, the Dictator was hungry for power and was willing to bend the rules or if they would not bend break them as is shown in the text, Julius Caesar: Dictator for Life in which, Rinaldo (2010) writes “in 45 B.C, he demanded that the senators name him dictator for life” as shown, Julius …show more content…
Caesar had practically forced the Roman senate to hand over power through fear. He was a corrupt politician who stole from people in order to pay off debts, and he was willing to bribe others to get further in life, he was in no way a fit or just ruler seeing as he did not even follow his own laws and seeing as he practically forced the Senate to relinquish their power to him.
In addition, to Caesar's bribery, he was also power hungry. Caesar was an ambitious and greedy man, meany would say that he was overly so, as is seen in the book The life of Caesar by Ferro in which he says, “His dreams of traveling the Romantic exploits of Alexander bore down the habitual restaurants of vigilance and good sense.” What is being said here, Caesar was overly jealous of Alexander the Great and his glory. Caesar was a very ambitious, and that by itself is not a bad thing, however, the problem with Julius Caesar was, he was overly ambitious often putting his want for glory and might over the safety of his men and citizens. He was a man that did not want to be forgotten, he wanted to go down in history, but