Julius Caesar Power Hungry Dictator Essay

Although Julius Caesar may have been a power hungry dictator, some of the things he did in his days were beneficial to the world. For example, Caesar abolished the roman republic, he created the calendar we know today, and he never lost a war. “Veni, vidi, vici.” A famous quote by Julius Caesar it means “I came, I saw, I conquered” people may miss take this quote to be about him being a power hungry dictator, however the way I view it is he came to a place with a corrupted government, and when he saw how bad it was he then overthrew the government and conquered the place.

Caesar abolished the roman republic, the roman republic was government run by a group of senators who were working to overthrow the kings of Rome, the senators weren’t like having a good president who tries to help the people these senators were trying to overthrow the government because they wanted the power “Both men and women were citizens in the Roman Republic, but only men could vote.” (ushistory.org) Which shows how the Romans Republic wasn’t a good government, even though Caesar was still once who tried to gain power over all of Rome he still got rid of a corrupt government and helped the people of Rome But Caesar was …show more content…
Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. “One of the problems that Julius Caesar wanted to solve, was that of the calendar.” (livius.org) Which means winter could happen when you’re having a summer festival. Caesar thought it would be a great idea to come up with a new calendar which is also the calendar we use today, and yes he was a little selfish and named July after himself, it was his birthday month, along with the calendar, The Julian Calendar, but in the end Caesar helps us so we wouldn’t be confused in the