“The die is cast” - Julius Caesar The expansion of Rome‚ the ruling of Julius Caesar and his death‚ and the civil war that followed his death all led to the collapse of the Roman Republic. The expansion of Rome created political‚ social‚ and economical changes. Politically‚ the government did not change to suit the expanding of Rome. The economic changes were that poor farmers could not afford anymore to compete with the estates run by slaves‚ so they sold their
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Gaius Octavius Augustus First Emperor of the Roman Empire Clinton Jenkins Hum 121 Octavius Research Paper 10/11/12 Gaius Octavius Augustus First Emperor of the Roman Empire Gaius Octavius‚ better known to historians as Augustus‚ succeeded his great uncle Julius Caesar following his assassination. In his wake‚ Augustus would become the first Emperor of the newly formed Roman Empire and bring massive‚ sweeping revisions to Roman law as well as centralize the government‚ military
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An empire‚ by definition‚ is“ a group of regions that are controlled by one ruler or one government; especially : a group of countries ruled by an emperor or empress ”. In contrast‚ a republic is “ a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen “. The difference between these two is where the power to rule the country lies‚ whether it be an individual or many elected officials. Using these definitions it would
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get to him Cleopatra had Pompey killed for Caesar. In return he made her the queen of Egypt. When he returns to Rome the commoners are celebrating his return. The people of Rome do not see him as arrogant or power-hungry‚ they love him. The celebration is stopped by two tribunes‚ Flavius and Murellus they are angry over Pomey’s death. They tell everyone to leave and they take down all the decorations. Flavius and Murellus are two of the conspirators. Caesar‚ his wife‚ Mark Antony‚ Cicero‚ Brutus
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To what extent was the assassination of Julius Caesar the main catalyst for the Fall of the Roman Republic? By the mid-first century BC‚ the republican form of government at Rome had essentially fallen‚ out of this collapse there emerged‚ in the aftermath of civil war‚ first the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and then the Principate of Augustus. In an abrupt and conspicuous transformation‚ a political system founded upon principles fundamentally opposed to monarchy was replaced by a system that
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December 9th‚ 2013 Beware the Ides of March Gaius Julius Caesar is debatably one of the most famous Roman figures in history. One reason for his popularity could be his well-known assassination on March 5th‚ 44 BC‚ also known as the Ides of March. Many adaptions have been written of this event‚ but the two ancient authors who have accounted the death are Plutarch and Suetonius. Neither of the authors were present at the murder (seeing as how neither of them were born yet)‚ but instead received
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How significant were the wars against Mithridates and the Parthians in the political developments of the Roman Republic between 78BC and 31BC? _____________________________________________________________________________________________ The wars against Mithridates and the Parthians in the period 78-31BC are acutely significant on the political developments of the Roman Republic. The expansion of the Roman Empire into Eastern settlements took place under the leadership of an oligarchy‚ thus
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stanza of the above extract has become known as the Act of Remembrance‚ and the final line is also repeated. The second line of the fourth stanza‚ ’Age shall not weary them‚ nor the years condemn’‚ draws upon Enobarbus’ description of Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra: ’Age cannot wither her‚ nor
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Caesar planned with the acceptance of his crown (which he never received because of backstabbing traitors). This great man had led the Roman Nation to prosperity through the conquering of the Gaul and the slaying of Pompey the Great with the help of Cleopatra VII Thea
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of civil wars and political conflict‚ during which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC. Civil wars and executions continued‚ culminating in the victory of Octavian‚ Caesar’s adopted son‚ over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt. Octavian’s power was now unassailable and in 27 BC the Roman Senate formally granted him overarching power and the new title Augustus‚ effectively marking the end of the Roman Republic
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