Julius Caesar Research Paper

What made Rome great was not the gods but the government of Rome. It is said that Rome was a small city-state ran by a king. Beginning with Aereas going thirteen generations until Romuls and Remus, twins were born to a Latin princess and Mars the god or war. Romulus founded the city of Rome and called it Rome after himself.1

Rome was primarily run by a king with an Aristocratic counsel called the Senate. Romans hoped to avoid the problems of various forms of government by mixing them. They did by dividing the government up into Monarchial, Aristocratic (Oligarchial) and Democratic elememts.2 The Monarchial element had two consuls and other magistrates. They could only serve for one year. The senate elements were …show more content…
Roman governors saw the conquests as a way to get rich quick. The tax system became increasingly corrupt. The Roman administrators were unable to governor such a large empire. Chaos ensured and threatened the Roman Empire.
Then came Julius Caesar who was a great leader. He believed that only a strong leadership could keep Rome from destroying itself. Within two years the Romans appointed him as a dictator for life. The senate saw this as the beginning of a monarchy. The senate assassinated Caesar. They felt they had the right too. This caused another civil war between Antony and Octavain (Augustus). Eventually Octavian won. Then he became emperor of Rome.3
Augustus was very careful to avoid anything that looked like a monarchy. He even threatened to give up his power. There was no way the senate would accept this because they knew that without Augustus that Rome would fall into total chaos. He introduced emperor worship to the Romans in the eastern provinces where the people were used to the idea of a divine or semi-divine ruler. It came to be that once the emperor died he was thought of as a god. Over time, an imperial cult with ceremonies, processions, temples, statues and rituals developed throughout the …show more content…
This kept their population down. Christians on the other hand didn’t condone any of these practices and their population grew. Christian exclusive commitment to monothesism made the Romans think they were atheist and this left many Christians open to be persecuted for being a Christian. Some Christians were persecuted for being a Christians. Such as the story of a young mother named Perpetum. When she refused to denounce God, they took her away from her infant son and family and put her in jail. When she still refused to denounce God, they put her in the arena with a mad heifer. The heifer tossed her about, but she never denounced

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