Julius Caesar And The Creation Of The Forum Lulium Analysis

In the article “Julius Caesar and the Creation of the Forum Lulium” author Roger Ulrich analyzes how the Forum Lulium came to be, and how it relates and changes from Cicero and Caesars early planning. One aspects that Ulrich is trying to get across is that the Forum Lulium is constructed extremely quickly, and this relates to the rapidly changing physical fabric and political state of Rome. Because of this quick construction many things are changed later, and thus the final footprint of the Forum Lulium is different than the original design, by how much is up for debate, and Ulrich cites many possible theories. The Forum Lulium which is later completed by Augustus serves as a new precedent for the Forum Augustum and later Fora of Rome. This work is important for our understanding of Hellenization because the Forum Lulium represents Caesar challenging of Republican power with this symbol of dictatorial authority that leads to his ultimate demise. …show more content…
The problem is Caesar took his power to far, and the senate notices Caesar essentially becoming to “basileus” of Rome. Caesar doesn’t drop the title of Imperator like previous victorious commanders, he traces his lineage back to Venus Genitrix giving him a sense of divinity, and his temple breaks Roman law by adding a permanent theater/stage area for the Populus to gather. Also despite Caesars attempts to keep Romans attention off the civil war that just occurred Caesar doesn’t help by first vowing his temple to the same goddess as Pompey’s, and then later changing it to Genetrix. Everything that Caesar is doing is adding up and eventually lead to him being assassinated, but what this also does is leads to the ability for Augustus to rise and fully Imperialize(Hellenize) Rome. It is important that Ulrich brings up the point that this Forum is constructed quickly,