Have you ever looked at great presidents in U.S.A, and wondered if that happened before in history? In Ancient Rome, there was a leader named Julius Caesar who was one of the great leaders in history. He reformed the Roman republic and was great military strategist who expanded and strengthened Rome. Soem people though say he was a villain because he had ambitios,and sought for power and glory, which sometimes might be at the expense of the republic. So that is why people wonder, was Julius Caesar a hero or villain? Julius Caesar was a Roman hero to all of Rome and he brought greatness to the Republic and it prospered under his rule, but politicall and militarily, he was ambitious and sought for glory and power, and got most of it, which was …show more content…
He was a great military who firstly strengthened and expanded Rome. When he strengthened it, he made it more powerful and expansions helped conquer new lands and even gain more power and territory. He also fought wars to expand land, in which he ruthlessly conquered his enemies with many strategies that are still studied today, which makes him more of a hero and a leader. Secondly, he restored the cities that were destroyed, adding more people to the Roman republic, and boosting the economy. It also brings more power and happiness to the empire, escpecially to the people who have lost their homes to the wars. Lastly, he was very generous to his enemies and added more of them to the government, which increases his popularity in the world and locally extremely high. He also granted citzenship to foreign citizens, which also increases popularity and boosts the economy because of trade and more people. All of this increases popularity, population, the economy and Rome …show more content…
Julius Caesar was ruthless politically, declared dictator for life, he sought for power and glory in the government, which earned him a lot of people who hated him and sadly that was his fault. He also punished people who tried to change the traditions inside the government, which was selfish and not fair, and a hero would not do that. Thirdly, he added senators to the list of his suppoters, which was not nice politically inside the government and caused people inside the government to hate him more. He made his enemies inside his government because of his seeking for glory and messing up politically. Every hero has flaws though, and we can excuse him for doing that because everyone loved him. The politics doesn’t affect the average people of Rome and up front Julius Caesar is a hero. Though Julius Caesar might be horrible politically, like punishing his enemies hrribly, but that does not matter outside of Rome and even in Rome. Besides, in politics, everyone is a villain and it is horrible what they do to teach other. Julius Caesar should have been more careful when making his enemies, and he could have controlled his power and his seeking for power and ambitions, so he could have ruled longer and be a bigger
Julius Caesar made the Roman Empire the vast republic everyone remembers. Furthermore, Julius Caesar always wanted to help out the underprivileged people who lived in his empire. He started job aid programs to help out poor families who were barely getting by. He drained marshes for more arable farmland thus
Historians may argue that Julius Caesar helped rome to make it better and stronger for the people. While this might be true this is misleading because all of Julius Caesar's good actions like giving people more jobs,but it just covered up his worse actions that hurt rome. Also Julius Caesar was named a awful man throughout history from not persevering in hard situations, hurting not helping rome, and doing things for himself. To begin with Julius Caesar was named a awful man from how he didn’t persevere in hard situations. One way he didn't persevere was when Sulla (the emperor of the time) ordered Julius to divorce Cornelia (his first wife) because she was from the family of Sulla's enemies.
Julius Caesar was very popular with the plebeians and lower classes for supporting them. He did this in ways like creating jobs for them. He made many other reforms such as enforcing laws against crime, and including supporters from Italy and other regions in the senate (Cornine et al. 248-249). He made a new Roman calendar, which was helpful to everyday life.
For starters, he is the reason the Roman Republic fell and the Roman Empire rose. Despite the rise of the empire was a relatively good geographical outcome, the fact that it was governed by a dictatorship, created a few problems. One being that most Romans were not in favor of a monarchical life. But, when he came into power the first thing that he did was make extreme cutbacks on the Senate. This can also be a result of his power thirst.
Another accomplishment Julius did was he brought down Roman debt, and this satisfies many borrowers and lenders. Julius Caesar also improved the Roman calendar to the Julian calendar, and he granted citizenship to people living outside of Rome. Secondly, Julius Caesar helps the poor and middle class a lot, which these classes favor him. Julius
He was also was a very bad man. He would kill all people that would disagree with him, was a terrible leader, and weak. He was a terrible leader because he was not going to go to the traditional race at the festival of Lupercal. The only reason he was not going to go is because a soothsayer told him to beware the ides of March, March fifteenth to be specific. Julius Caesar is a man that the conspirators would consider a bad man.
Julius Caesar was the Dictator of Rome in 42 BC who accomplished many things. Many people believed that he was a hero, but Julius Caesar was a very ambitious dictator and was more of a villain than a hero. Julius Caesar was a villain because he didn’t think first before doing something, he forced the Senate to name him dictator for life and he also was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. To begin with, Julius Caesar was a was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. Caesar used his power as dictator more towards his advantage instead of helping the people in Rome.
He managed to hold up Rome with his strength and character for his lifetime. The senate felt threatened by him so they killed him. There was a wide range of emotions and it started many civil wars. This completely caused a change in the government, and borught about the Roman Empire. Afterwards Octavian became the emperor that the new Roman Empire needed.
Samantha Durand 27 October 2015 Dunipace 4th Julius Caesar Essay Brutus is the Tragic Hero William Shakespeare wrote “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” to tell the story of the tragedy that happened to him. When Caesar was going to become king, his own friends turned into conspirators against him. Since the conspirators said that Caesar would abuse the power of being king, they decided to murder him for the sake of the Roman people.
Julius Caesar, is a play based on the true events that occurred in Roman history. The play follows the fictional lives of Caesar and his people leading up to, and after his assassination. Several characters can be labeled as both villainous and heroic at different points in the play due to their actions, however, this does not apply to the character of Marcus Junius Brutus, who remains a hero through the entire play. Brutus is a hero for several reasons, The first reason Brutus is considered to be a hero is because he continuously stands up for what he believes in. Secondly, it is clear that Brutus is a hero because he kills himself as a sacrifice to the roman public.
He was always courageous and persistent in battle, which made many individuals admire him. Similarly, Julius Caesar was a leader of Ancient Rome. In the beginning of Caesar’s reign, he
Murder is the unlawful planned out killing of one human being by another, which in society is seen as an action that is morally incorrect and should not be done; yet can this act under any circumstance ever be justified? In the Shakespearean play, Julius Caesar, a group of conspirators are against Caesar's rise in power and popularity, so they assassinate him to prevent Cesar from ascending greatly in power and becoming a tyrant. Even though the conspirators had the “good of Rome” in their intentions, Caesar's murder was not justified. Caesar was murdered under the pretext that he was gaining too much support and would eventually become a danger, and his “ambitious” behavior. Therefore, Caesar was murdered out of jealousy, morally incorrect
Caesar could also be seen as villain and had to be killed in order to keep Rome and the republic safe. He was considered a villain because he took down the republic. Even though many people disliked Caesar and his ways, many people were also fond of Caesar such as Brutus who was still apart of the conspiracy. Brutus says “I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well.” (1.2.82)
In public, Caesar was the leader Rome had always wished for, a strong, valliant man that would let nothing in his way. Consequently, Caesar had a more vulnerable side to him where the reader would be able to see glimpses of throughout the play. Still, Caesar allowed his public self image to take priority in which would eventually lead to his death. Speaking historically, the great Julius Caesar was a people’s leader with a deep hunger for power in which he would do anything to
Everyone knows that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by his friends, so they naturally assume Caesar is a tragic hero. In digging deeper, the real tragic hero of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is revealed. To begin, William Shakespeare’s play is based on historical events that occurred in Rome around 44 B.C. Julius Caesar was born in 102 B.C. and died in 44 B.C. During this time, he became a power-hungry military leader. His rise to power was a result of such actions that made the Roman public love him.