Julius Caesar Struggles
The passage (http://www.forumromanum.org/history/morey22.html) is from William C. Morey’s history text Outlines of Roman History. The outline examines the rise and fall of Antony and Octavius following Julius Caesar’s death. Review this information as well as your notes from class carefully. Then write an essay in which you analyze the power struggle in Rome.
Between the approximate times of 44 BC and 29 BC Rome went through a rather extravagant change of management following the assassination of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a Triumvir in the first Roman Triumvirate, and he made great strides in the direction of modern systems of government, with the election of certain power figures, and having the first written law. However, even though many people loved the actions of Caesar, some still resented him. So this led to conspirators gathering support and assassinating Julius Caesar. However, Rome changed more after Caesar fell than when Caesar was influencing the decisions made. …show more content…
Antony’s rule of rome soon became challenged, by Caesar’s nephew Octavius. Octavius was a more experienced in military altercations and with ruling from a legislative standpoint. He claimed the money of Caesar as the rightful heir, but Antony spent it “in the interest of the roman people” which did not include giving the roman people a cut of the money. This caused many of the people to rally against antony in favor of Octavius. Another challenger to Antony’s authority was Cicero. Cicero won the philippics against Antony, which is essentially a war of words. This led to the prevention of Antony joining forces with Octavius. Even with the present challenges, the system of government remained the same and a second Triumvirate was formed to take the place of the
Between the approximate times of 44 BC and 29 BC Rome went through a rather extravagant change of management following the assassination of Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar was a Triumvir in the first Roman Triumvirate, and he made great strides in the direction of modern systems of government, with the election of certain power figures, and having the first written law. However, even though many people loved the actions of Caesar, some still resented him. So this led to conspirators gathering support and assassinating Julius Caesar. However, Rome changed more after Caesar fell than when Caesar was influencing the decisions made. …show more content…
Antony’s rule of rome soon became challenged, by Caesar’s nephew Octavius. Octavius was a more experienced in military altercations and with ruling from a legislative standpoint. He claimed the money of Caesar as the rightful heir, but Antony spent it “in the interest of the roman people” which did not include giving the roman people a cut of the money. This caused many of the people to rally against antony in favor of Octavius. Another challenger to Antony’s authority was Cicero. Cicero won the philippics against Antony, which is essentially a war of words. This led to the prevention of Antony joining forces with Octavius. Even with the present challenges, the system of government remained the same and a second Triumvirate was formed to take the place of the