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Julius Caesar's Impact on Rome

Julius Caesar was a Roman military leader and political figure who greatly expanded Roman territory through his conquests. He played a key role in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. As a brilliant general, Caesar led successful military campaigns in Gaul and Britain, extending Roman control across Western Europe. Through his reforms, he increased access to political power and ensured basic needs were met for the Roman people. His contributions modernized Rome and laid the groundwork for single-ruler emperors.

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Julius Caesar's Impact on Rome

Julius Caesar was a Roman military leader and political figure who greatly expanded Roman territory through his conquests. He played a key role in transforming the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. As a brilliant general, Caesar led successful military campaigns in Gaul and Britain, extending Roman control across Western Europe. Through his reforms, he increased access to political power and ensured basic needs were met for the Roman people. His contributions modernized Rome and laid the groundwork for single-ruler emperors.

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most influential men in world history.
He played a critical role in the
transformation of the Roman
Republic into the Roman Empire. His
conquest of Gaul extended the
Roman world all the way to the
Atlantic Ocean, and he was also
responsible for the first Roman
invasion of Britain in 55 BC, but
mainly he brought many riches and
slaves from the lands he had

He was a brilliant general and led


Rome into prosperity. His notes on
conquering Gaul and warfare in
general are still used today.
He increased the number of senators
from five hundred to nine hundred,
and to fill the vacant seats he
selected many of the poorer people,
thus giving them jobs and income.
He also helped the poor by checking
the spread of luxury throughout
Rome to ensure that no one was very
rich or very poor. He also ordered

transactions were to be made public,


and summaries of all debates in the
Senate and proposed bills were posted
in the forum for all to see, thus
making Rome a prosperous and open
place to live.
Also he reformed the calendar and
gave the name for the month of July,

His other contributions


He started a kind of relationship that
developed deeply with following
emperors to deal with roman
population : "Panem et circenses", to
give people free food followed by
impressing shows. This unfortunately
accelerated the decadence of roman
plebs
On the other way he gave an
acceleration to the "Roma Colonies"
system: he systematically created

He continued the tradition of the


populares tribunes in opening up
Roman politics to the lower classes of
Roman society - at the cost of the
power and influence of the patrician
classes. Caesar increased the number
of Roman senators and opened it up
to those that supported him.
He came to power with a huge
support base in which he campaigned
not only militarily but also politically
on many issues that concerned

Caesar's military successes brought


Roman massive economic benefits increased Roman expansion opened
up trade routes to Roman merchants
and small businesses.
Slaves brought in from Roman
conquests resulted in an increasing
use of slaves for jobs that ordinary
Romans would do such as farming leaving more Romans to be accessible
for longer periods of military service.

He established coins for economical


proposes.
He provided them with their basic
life needs. In return, he got their
support against the elite and became
a ruler/ dictator for life.

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