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Audacious 2. Key Events
Gallic wars 58BCE-50BCE: Aggressive
After his role as consul Julius Caesar was made proconsul of Gaul (Roughly present day France and Belgium. At the start of his posting the Roman empire only controlled the southern areas of Gaul, but had alliances with several Celtic tribes that controlled the rest. Many of these tribes were often at war with one another. This situation helped provide Caesar with the opportunity to use his military power to begin what would become a full-scale conquest. In the following years he extended his military operations from the Atlantic to the Rhine defeating the Helvetii, and many Germanic tribes. He had no mandate from …show more content…
It was not until Caesar had died and Octavius sailed to Lupiae that he discovered the contents of Caesar will. This is when he decided to become Caesar political air as well as inheriting most of Caesar 's estate. This had a major influence of the citizens of Rome as he would later in 27 BCE become the first emperor of Rome, then he persuaded the senate to make his power hereditary. For the next 400 years Rome was under the power of the Emperor, this was very different to the system during Caesar 's time when two Consul were elected to rule every …show more content…
Caesar at the height of his power was in complete control of the Roman Empire, this meant he held a large amount of power. He held such power due to his cunning political skills that allowed him to quickly rise up the ranks of Roman politics. Also he lead several conquest around the Mediterranean and in central Europe, during his conquest he greatly increased the size of the Roman Empire. This made him viewed as a smart military general and making the people more inclined to give him more power, which they did if the form of naming him dictator. Caesar achieved many of his goals in the 2 year period he was dictator before he was murdered. He reformed the calendar and also helped resolve the Roman debt crisis, as well as planning for an invasion of Parthian Empire. This made Caesar a very effective leader in the short time he was ruling Rome. Julius Caesar 's actions throughout his lifetime made him a powerful and effective leader of his
Eloquent
Greedy
Gallant
Audacious 2. Key Events
Gallic wars 58BCE-50BCE: Aggressive
After his role as consul Julius Caesar was made proconsul of Gaul (Roughly present day France and Belgium. At the start of his posting the Roman empire only controlled the southern areas of Gaul, but had alliances with several Celtic tribes that controlled the rest. Many of these tribes were often at war with one another. This situation helped provide Caesar with the opportunity to use his military power to begin what would become a full-scale conquest. In the following years he extended his military operations from the Atlantic to the Rhine defeating the Helvetii, and many Germanic tribes. He had no mandate from …show more content…
It was not until Caesar had died and Octavius sailed to Lupiae that he discovered the contents of Caesar will. This is when he decided to become Caesar political air as well as inheriting most of Caesar 's estate. This had a major influence of the citizens of Rome as he would later in 27 BCE become the first emperor of Rome, then he persuaded the senate to make his power hereditary. For the next 400 years Rome was under the power of the Emperor, this was very different to the system during Caesar 's time when two Consul were elected to rule every …show more content…
Caesar at the height of his power was in complete control of the Roman Empire, this meant he held a large amount of power. He held such power due to his cunning political skills that allowed him to quickly rise up the ranks of Roman politics. Also he lead several conquest around the Mediterranean and in central Europe, during his conquest he greatly increased the size of the Roman Empire. This made him viewed as a smart military general and making the people more inclined to give him more power, which they did if the form of naming him dictator. Caesar achieved many of his goals in the 2 year period he was dictator before he was murdered. He reformed the calendar and also helped resolve the Roman debt crisis, as well as planning for an invasion of Parthian Empire. This made Caesar a very effective leader in the short time he was ruling Rome. Julius Caesar 's actions throughout his lifetime made him a powerful and effective leader of his