Why Was Julius Caesar Bad

In Rome, eventually a lot of people if not the whole senate started to become angry because of the idea that the rule of Caesar was becoming something permanent. An idea was created to get rid of Caesar. This idea was created in hopes of restoring the government to the Senate. Those who came up with the idea had hope that with Caesar's death, government would be restored to its old republican form and all of the factors that had created a Caesar would go away. The idea grew stronger with Caesar ignoring the fact when he had even been warned that there had been plans made to have him murdered. Caesar was stabbed in the Senate house of Pompey by men that were friends and comrades and died from multiple stab wounds. Following Caesar's murder Rome …show more content…
Augustus also held multiple powers handed to him for the rest of his life by the Senate, which including supreme military command. To determine the exact layout which a Republican state could be led under only Augustus took some time, and it did not just happen overnight. This type of layout or constitution led to the creation of the Roman Empire. The Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries under the rule of Augustus Caesar, something that Julius never accomplished, but also never really cared to accomplish. During his time, Augustus reformed the Roman system of taxation, developed an arrangement of roads with a courier system, made a concrete and rebuild much of the City. Unlike Augustus, although Julius did accomplish a lot, his main focus was military