Julius Caesar: Hero Or Villain?

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Was Julius Caesar, ruler for life, a hero or a villain? Julius Caesar is well known by many people for making improvements to the Roman empire, and for being a hero to many citizens, foreigners and Rome itself. Specifically, he showed respect to the foreign countries and citizens, he made great changes to Rome’s government and economics, and he was declared ruler for life.
Firstly, Julius Caesar showed much respect to foreign countries and citizens. Not only did he welcome foreigners with open arms to join his empire, but he allowed them to become citizens. He helped rebuild the countries or empires that had been destroyed in earlier wars, Rome had fought. This shows that Julius Caesar is not stuck in the past and he has forgiven former Roman

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