Julius Caesar Research Paper

The Roman Republic is a republic where you vote for your leaders. Patrician classes were mostly in control and were the wealthy that ruled over Plebeian classes. Julius Caesar belonged to the Patricians as he was wealthy and held a lot of power. Along with being wealthy he was a dictator, general, consul, and governor. Despite his titles Julius Caesar was a hero, he not only had gained a lot of land during his reign as well as gifted his country once he died. Moreover, Julius Caesar had people fight for him due to him being such a great leader. Julius Caesar wasn’t a tyrant. Julius Caesar was a hero due to the fact people fought the government to execute him. Appian is a historian who wrote about Julius Caesar. Many years after he passed, he …show more content…
Additionally, Appian explained this point again when he wrote, “. and ran hither and thither searching for the murderers, who had fled some time previously” (Appian). The people had hunted down the murderers of Julius Caesar. After destroying the Senate’s chamber, the people had looked for the direct murderers of Julius Caesar, who had been done for revenge. The people had been wanting revenge for Julius Caesar. The people had hunted down the murderers and had burned the Senate to prove that Julius Caesar was a good leader. This proves that Julius Caesar was a leader for the people and had great causes. If Julius Caesar was truly a tyrant, the people would not have tried to get revenge. Additionally, Julius Caesar was also a great leader due to him gifting his gardens and money to his people. Appian is a historian who wrote about Caesar. Many years after he passed, Appian had explained how Julius Caesar had gifted his people once he died when he said, “His gardens were given to the people as a place of recreation, and to every Roman living in the city, he gave 75 Attic drachmas [Arkenberg: about $500 dollars]” (Appian). Even when Julius Caesar knew he was going to die, Julius had decided to give to his …show more content…
others, again in his gifts and kindnesses to his soldiers” (Plutarch). Julius Caesar treated his people well. If Julius Caesar was a tyrant, Julius would not have gifted his people. Julius Caesar did not treat his people poorly. These are both references to when Julius Caesar helped people. Julius Caesar did not purposely try to instill fear into people. As previously stated, Julius Caesar could have let the titles get to his head and tried to treat his people poorly. Without forgetting to mention, he was a great general who treated his soldiers kindly and was generous to them. Moreover, Julius Caesar was also a good person, as he conquered land for his country. Plutarch again a Greek Historian who wrote about Julius Caesar after he died, Plutarch brought up how Julius had made plans to conquer one is example is when he said, “... after conquering them he proposed to march round the Black Sea by way of Hyrcania, the Caspian Sea, and the Caucasus; he would then invade Scythia,” (Plutarch). Julius Caesar was a great leader who led his people to victory on many occasions. This has also helped his country expand and get more land and

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