Ceasar politics
Gaius Julius Caesar was a powerful military leader who changed the course of the Greco-Roman civilization decisively and irreversibly. Julius belonged to Rome's original Aristocracy, the patricians, or landholding upper class, and his lineage can be traced back to the goddess Venus. While growing up Caesar dreamed of being like Alexander the Great who had already conquered what at Caesar's time was known as the world. Also, Caesar admired and studied the two most successful Roman's of his day, Pompey and Crassus. With this envy and his military genius Caesar was determined to leave his mark in the world. Caesar won power with his incredible military tactics and had great influence over his troops and many people. However, the power and stature Caesar yearned for eventually led to his assignation in the end. Julius Caesar is best remembered for his military leadership, reforms, and infamous death. First, Caesar was famous for his amazing military leadership. Caesar was evidently fascinated and obsessed by military and imperial problems. Once in power Caesar set out to conquer Gaul, starting with the Helevetii, a tribe in what is now Switzerland. He called a meeting with the Helevetii chief and demanded his tribe leave Gaul;
One reform was to establish twenty Roman colonies, with the intention of expanding and repopulating older colonies. Of all the battles Caesar had fought he had not been defeated once which proved Caesar to be a brave and skillful general, something he aspired of since he was young. So, Caesar was ordered by the Senate to lay down his command, and cross the river Rubicon, the border of Gaul and Italy, alone. " After, Caesar perused Pompey into Egypt and when he arrived he was presented with his head. Meanwhile, Pompey also had an army in Spain and Caesar, with his quick wits, realized this and declared, "I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and then to the east to fight a general without an army. When he was finished he called it the Julian Calendar. When Caesar arrived, it turned out Pompey had gathered quite an army in size, however, for some reason in the middle of fighting Pompey fled into Egypt. Pompey had once been the greatest man in Rome, and now his head rotted in the relentless Egyptian sun. But the Romans were relentless, and after a month of fighting, Vercingetorix surrendered. " So Caesar defeated the army in Spain and traveled back to the East to conquer Pompey himself. As he crossed into Italy Rome panicked remembering how he had slaughtered the Gallic tribes. The calendar the Romans had been using was out of synchronization with the actual seasons. Because the Pope could add days at his will to make up for the difference, it was hard to schedule festivals and public meetings. This was important because it "Romanised" the provinces by spreading Roman influence to other areas, and decreased the nationalism felt by Roman enemies.
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