Augustus Caesar Essay

“Julius Caesar and the Failure of the Roman Republic” Based on the material presented in lecture, Plutarch’s life of Caesar shows that he had a great impact on the Roman Republic in general, both positively and negatively. In many ways, he made Rome great through military expansion and economic, political and social reforms. The life of Caesar is mostly consistent with the material presented in lecture. However, many of Caesar’s activities are described and framed by Plutarch as being virtuous.…

Have you ever wondered why the Roman Empire was so successful? If so, then the subject will no longer be a mystery for you! The success of Rome can be compounded into three main reasons; strong leadership, the way roman leaders handled conquered countries, and she allowed the conquered peoples to keep the majority of their customs. So how was roman leadership, strong? Well, the Roman social system was structured in such a way that the privileged were bound to the unprivileged and also supplied…

Aurelius. Within Ancient Rome, there was no such title as “emperor”. Instead, they had various amount of titles for emperors; such as imperator(commander), augustus(venerable), princeps(1st senator), and caesar. The first emperor was Trajan, he reigned from 98-117 A.D. He was said to be the greatest and most successful emperor after Augustus. Trajan was the first ever-roman emperor that was not from Italy because of his Spanish regions. He accomplished a lot during his reign, roads were…

were forced to because of political reasons. Historical Context Julius Caesar was one of the most successful and powerful military leaders to live. After…

in the Empire, but still managed to enact reforms and stabilize the state, thus on these bases, he was an exemplary ruler. Constantine came to power first as the Caesar of the Western Empire in 305 A.D. when his father Constantius was raised to Augustus of the Western Empire. In 306, his father died and Constantine was raised to Augustus of the Western Empire. His early rule saw a series of civil wars after the death of Galerius, threatening the existing system of the Tetrarchy, wherein there…

and success, others known for their insanity and debauchery. As Augustus never established rules as to dynastic succession, the many emperors varied in personalities, backgrounds, and abilities. Some emperors were known as “good emperors” and many other known only for their madness and cruelty. I would rank Augustus, Hadrian, and Trajan as the best emperors and Caligula, Nero, and Domitian as the worst emperors of Rome. Augustus would be among the best Roman emperors, if not the best.…

executions and political conflict. Caesar was reportedly stabbed 23 times by approximately 60 members of the Republic Senate, who had feared his growing power and recent title of dictator. By the act of sharing the guilt of his death among them, the assailants believed they had saved the Roman Republic, when in fact they had actually begun its complete undoing. Following Caesar’s brutal and cold-blooded assassination, there was an immediate panic…

poor Romans. Eventually after several people conquering different places throughout the civil wars a man that went by the name of Octavian made his position as absolute ruler and put political institutions back in place, he then changed his name to Augustus and became the first emperor of Rome. As the empire began to expand it soon became too much to oversee and this was the beginning of the end of the Roman empire. In the end…

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…

Military connects to a lot of things because if the Roman Empire did not have the military power they had, the Roman Empire would not have conquered as many places as they did. Most emperors either lead or fought in the army like Julius Caesar, Aurelian, Vespasian, Augustus and Hadrian. Hadrian was good emperor because he admired the Greek architecture and he established cities throughout the Balkan Peninsula, Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece. To prevent the military troops from becoming restive…