Name: Alexander Palma, Ethan Thorpe, Cody Mullinix Julius Caesar: Hero or Tyrant? Short Argumentative Writing Organizer Topic: Julius Caesar’s Impact on the Roman Republic Big Historical Question: Was Julius Caesar a hero or a tyrant? Claim Statement State your position on whether Julius Caesar was a Roman hero or tyrant. State one main reason why you are taking that position. To begin with, Julius Caesar was a tyrant because he betrayed Rome and the Roman and the Roman government by bringing his army to Rome even though Rome didn’t want that. Provide supporting evidence or proof of your claim: Julius Caesar was a powerful military general with a powerful army. Rome needed his help so the Roman government gave a lot of power to him and they ended up winning the war but after that Julius Caesar did not want to step down from ruling so he ended up ruling Rome for a while. Explain how this evidence supports your claim: Provide more evidence or proof: Another reason why Julius Caesar was a tyrant was that he only became a military general because he wanted more power. Another reason why we think Julius Caesar is a tyrant was that he had to blackmail his own army so his army would …show more content…
Caesar's army fought the senate's army for three years. When Caesar won he took over the Roman government. He became military general for power. Each time he conquered land he would gain the riches of that land He blackmailed his army into giving off some of his riches he gained to them.Julius Caesar’s brief rule did many things so people would like him as a Ruler of the Roman government. Julius Caesar begged his family to work for him but the army refused. So Julius Caesar decided to give them all of his riches. Rome had been in a democracy for over 400 years until Julius Caesar became the leader of the government of Rome he stopped all of it. He betrayed Rome by helping to gain power over so he could be the
According to Roman tradition, Rome was ruled by Etruscan kings until around 509 BC. The Romans then drove them out and created a republic (Chrisp 7). This helped Rome create its own type of government. Caesar was one of Rome’s dictators. A group of senators thought he was too powerful and was destroying the Romans republic, so they stabbed him to death.
Conclusion A. I disagree, in Julius Caesar the rulers break and bend the rules one after another, Julius Caesar was a powerful man that was seen as a threat, brutus didn’t agree with having Rome as a dictatorship, and in result Brutus kills Caesar in fear of Rome falling apart and becoming a dictatorship instead of a republic. B. This is a main event in history that has effected Rome in all the years to follow. C. Now that you have read this essay you have learned about having so much power that it can turn you against your friends. D. “I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.”
Julius Caesar was a tyrant after he defeated Pompey, but then some of his closest friends, including Brutus, Cassius, Casca, and Cinna, brutally murdered him. The only one there who had real motive was none other than Cassius. He was the one who convinced Brutus to join the conspiracy, he came up with the whole plan on how to kill Caesar, and he just generally didn’t like how Caesar was godlike in the Roman’s eyes. Cassius knew that for the mutiny to work, they needed Brutus. Brutus had a lot of influence among the Romans because he was Caesar’s right hand man.
This essay will be on Julius Caesar and how people might call him a dictator. Many people looked up to him and many people betrayed him. The senates think he was conquering over to many things if I can say. He only ran one year until he got assassinated by the Senates and even his own son. So was he a good man or he was man who just wants to take over?
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.
Many people love heroes that save everyone danger. But Caesar’s kindness was taken for granted and his life was taken too soon. The people of Rome adored Caesar for he had rebuilt the city into something great. Readers give bias opinions on whether or not Caesar was a hero or harsh tyrant, but in this case he was considered a hero.
In the reading “Killing Caesar” by Jon Herman the author gives evidence on both sides of the argument is Caesar a tyrant or a hero? Did Caesar deserve his horrific, and bloody killing in front of so many subjects? Caesar did not deserve this he was a hero to all around him. Caesar was a hero because he made sure to put his people above even himself.
Essay Prompts Compare and contrast TWO of the following leaders (one from each category): Category One - Hatshepsut, Alexander the Great, Shi Huangdi, Julius Caesar, Ashoka Category Two - Thutmose III, Xerxes the Great, Wudi, Augustus Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Thesis Statement: Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar were important leaders of the Roman Empire; they were both very powerful military leaders, although they approached their rule very differently and were seen by society and the Senate differently. Military power: “Leaders” of triumvirs Then later sole leadership
Caesar was ruthless because he could kill many enemies, like when the Germans and the Veneti resisted Rome spreading into a bigger empire, he had his
Julius Caesar was a politician, general, and dictator. He once said, “It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” He was an incredible speaker of the time and was very well liked by most citizens. He brought a lot of change to Rome and was a very strong leader. Julius Gaius Caesar was born in Rome Italy, in 100 B.C., on July 13th.
According to the evidence, Julius Caesar was a Roman hero because he helped the people and the people trusted him. When Caesar became Rome’s dictator he could do whatever he wanted to the empire. What he did was he chose to help the people by giving land for the people to farm, lower the taxes, and he made more settlements for the people to live. How this shows Caesar was a hero is because he helped Rome when they were in need and helped the people with their problems. Before Rome was starting to turn into chaos and people started to fight with each other.
Julius Caesar was a Powerful Roman politician and general, who served as a god to the Romans. He played a key role in the events that led to the downfall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman empire. His reign from 49 B.C to 44 B.C illustrated his dominance in controlling a commanding army and ruling a nation. Many historians have different opinions on Caesar's command. Some saw him as a leader for the people, whereas others saw him as a man searching for power and power alone.
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.
Gordon King in his book The Rise of Rome explained how Julius Caesar knew what he was doing and how to lead successfully. This quote is a good example of what the people of Rome thought about Julius Caesar and why they really liked him,“Thus died the greatest man that the Roman world had yet produced” (Gordon 141). In this quote Gordon King says that Caesar was one of the
That happened after he made several alliances. This is when he does some major changes to Rome, which is what makes him so important to history. Julius Caesar created 5 reforms, which are the reasons why people liked him so much. His first reform involved citizenship, which was that anybody that lived in Rome, and anybody that lived in Roman-controlled territory can now be a citizen. The second reform had to do with the senate, Julius decided that more people needed to be in the Senate, therefore he expands it, but he puts his own friends and supporters in the Senate.