Positive Changes In Julius Caesar

When Caesar created the title of “Prefect of the Morals” in 46BC, he had allowed himself no more powers than those already given to the censors. But it meant that he did not have to go through the same checks as the other censors and therefore, not be held accountable for the shadier aspects of his life.
Had it not been for his standing in society, Caesar’s behaviour would have been treated as criminal. But the fact that he had amassed sufficient power to be able to pass the laws that had been created to alleviate his own problems as much as to improve society did not go unnoticed. When the First Triumvirate was formed, there were three leaders at the helm, keeping each other in check and working together to solve problems. When Caesar became leader on his own, he had no-one to reign him back in and his own opinions and beliefs were the only ones that were taken into account.
Caesar proved himself to be a strategist – moving himself and the people around him about to suit his needs at the time. Accepting the appointment of
The new regime had actually improved life for them and whilst the changes to the welfare system had been hard to adjust to, Caesar had made it easier for people to become upwardly mobile and encouraged positive changes for the very poorest in society. Those who had murdered him were seen by the regular citizens as rich aristocrats who were unhappy that the new laws were affecting them.
That Caesar had left a gift of money to the people of Rome confirmed that he had truly wanted to make a difference. Whilst his regime was not perfect, the citizens knew that had things been left the way they had been before Caesar intervened, their standard of living would have been far worse. Such was the feeling of ill will that riots broke out at Caesar’s funeral and the mob attacked the homes of those they held responsible for the death of their