Julius Caesar Leadership

Leaders are the basis of any and all governments. Without strong leaders, cities, states, countries and empires would all fall. The Roman Empire, a high point in Roman history happened only because the leadership of one man, Julius Caesar. Leaders are the people that keep everyone working toward a common goal, whether that be positive or negative in the end. Julius Caesar was one of the most important people in the change from The Roman Republic to The Roman Empire. He was a great politician, along with being an amazing general, and surprisingly even an author. Caesar formed alliances with other powerful Roman men, and in that they were able to control the politics of Rome for several years. This allowed for the formation of The Roman Empire, …show more content…
Throughout his reign, he changed many things he did not like about the Roman Republic, in order to better The Roman Empire. Caesar was able to take over the governing bodies of large countries in and around Europe (Emmons). Being the ruler of one of the largest empires at the time, Caesar was seen as one of the best generals by his peers. This kept them from starting conflicts with his empire knowing he would squash any threats (Goldstein). His reputation stretched all the way to Africa where some were smart enough to not test him, while others were not so smart. His conflict crushing abilities stretched south across the Mediterranean sea, and he was not afraid to move his entire army to the source of any problem (Goldstein). With all this success, most would think Caesar was backed by the largest army imaginable, but that would be false. Due to the rigorous training he put his men through, Caesar only needed a small number of men to fulfil military conquests, even those lasting long periods of time (Goldstein). In addition to massive amounts of training, Caesar used his intellectual powers in order to outsmart his enemy, and lead his men to victory, and gaining their loyalty ("Julius Caesar" Britannica). His men were easily won over by a man who had brought Rome a stretch of nearly ten years of straight victories, making it seem as though …show more content…
Similar to many powerful figures, both in his time and in current times, corruption is one strategy used to maintain power over a large government. Caesar was smart about his rise to power, he became allies with important and respected Roman men making him a very respected man himself (Sizgorich). In this, he was able to build a group of powers that would help in the case that his position was threatened. When these threats were upon him, he would eliminate them as soon as possible with the help of his powerful peers (Sizgorich). Although he had many powerful people on his side, Caesar had people in the senate that wanted him out, which was a real problem if he wanted to maintain his image ("Julius Caesar" Britannica). This power in the senate was countered by vetoes by his tribunes, who were able to keep his position ("Julius Caesar" Britannica). By this time, Caesar’s power started to get to his head, and at times even got in the way of his duties serving The Roman Empire (Goldstein). In fact, he was known more as Caesar the dictator rather than Caesar the leader by many. Caesar used corruption in order to satisfy his followers, which in turn allowed for there to be enough votes to pass laws through the Roman government (Sizgorich). Caesar knew of the power he had, and the fact that he needed to use corruption