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who is better Julius Caesar or Augustus caesar? and why?

Answer 1

Julius Caesar

In 65 B.C., Caesar became curule aedile and then managed to be made pontifex maximus, contrary to convention, since he was so young.

Caesar became praetor for 62 B.C. and during that year divorced his second wife for not being above suspicion, in the Bona Dea scandal involving Claudius/Clodius Pulcher.

Caesar won one of the consulships in 59 B.C. The chief advantage to this was that following the term in office, he would become governor of a lucrative province. After his term, he was sent to Gaul as the prosconsul.

Triumvirate
Caesar engineered a three-way division of power with enemies Crassus and Pompey that was known as the Triumvirate.

Caesar's Prose
Second-year Latin students are familiar with the military side of Caesar's life. As well as conquering the Gallic tribes, he wrote about the Gallic Wars in clear, elegant prose. It was through his campaigns that he was finally able to work his way out of debt, although the third member of the triumvirate, Crassus, also helped.

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Caesar was born into a patrician family, the gens Julia, which claimed descent from Iulus, son of the Trojan prince Aeneas, himself the son of the goddess Venus.[2] The branch of the gens Julia which bore the cognomen "Caesar" was descended, according to Pliny the Elder, from a man who was born by caesarian section (from the Latin verb to cut, caedo, -ere, caesus sum).[3] The Historia Augusta suggests three alternative explanations of the name: that the first Caesar killed an elephant (caesai in Moorish) in battle; that he had a thick head of hair (Latin caesaries); or that he had bright grey eyes (Latin oculis caesiis).[4]

Although of impeccable aristocratic patrician stock, the Julii Caesares were not rich by the standards of the Roman nobility. No member of the family had achieved any outstanding prominence in recent times, though in Caesar's father's generation there was a renaissance of their fortunes. His father, also called Gaius Julius Caesar, reached the fairly high rank of praetor, perhaps through the influence of Gaius Marius, the war hero and prominent politician who had married his sister Julia.[5] His mother, Aurelia Cotta, came from an influential family which had produced several consuls. They lived in a modest house in the Subura, a lower class neighbourhood of Rome,[6] where Marcus Antonius Gnipho, an orator and grammarian who originally came from Gaul, was employed as Caesar's tutor.[7] Caesar had two sisters, both called Julia. Little else is recorded of Caesar's childhood. Suetonius and Plutarch's biographies of him both begin abruptly in Caesar's teens: the opening paragraphs of both appear to be lost.[8]

Caesar spent his formative years in a period of turmoil. The Social War was fought from 91 to 88 BC between Rome and her Italian allies over the issue of Roman citizenship, while Mithridates of Pontus threatened Rome's eastern provinces. Domestically, Roman politics was divided between two factions, the optimates, who favoured aristocratic rule, and the populares, who preferred to appeal directly to the electorate. Caesar's uncle Marius was a popularis; his protegé and rival Lucius Cornelius Sulla was an optimas. Both distinguished themselves in the Social War, and both wanted command of the war against Mithridates, which was initially given to Sulla; but when Sulla left the city to take command of his army, a tribune passed a law transferring the appointment to Marius. Sulla responded by marching on Rome. Marius was forced into exile and command was returned to Sulla, but when Sulla left on campaign Marius returned at the head of a makeshift army. He and his ally Lucius Cornelius Cinna seized the city and declared Sulla a public enemy, and Marius's troops took violent revenge on Sulla's supporters. Marius died early in 86 BC, but his faction remained in power.[9]

In 84 BC Caesar's father died suddenly while putting on his shoes one morning,[10] and at sixteen, Caesar was the head of the family. The following year he was nominated for the position of Flamen Dialis (high priest of Jupiter—Lucius Cornelius Merula, the previous incumbent, had died in Marius's purges),[11] and since the holder of that position not only had to be a patrician but also be married to a patrician, he broke off his engagement to Cossutia, a girl of wealthy equestrian family he had been betrothed to since boyhood, and married Cinna's daughter Cornelia.[12]

Then, having brought Mithridates to terms, Sulla returned to finish the civil war against the Marian party. After a campaign throughout Italy he finally crushed the Marians at the Battle of the Colline Gate in November 82 BC. With both consuls dead, he had himself appointed to the revived office of dictator: but whereas a dictator was traditionally appointed for six months at a time, Sulla's appointment had no fixed term limit. There followed a series of bloody proscriptions against his political enemies, which dwarfed even Marius' purges. Statues of Marius were destroyed and Marius' body was exhumed and thrown in the Tiber. Cinna was already dead, killed by his own soldiers in a mutiny.[13] Caesar, as the nephew of Marius and son-in-law of Cinna, was targeted. He was stripped of his inheritance, his wife's dowry and his priesthood, but refused to divorce Cornelia and was forced to go into hiding. The threat against him was lifted by the intervention of his mother's family, who were supporters of Sulla, and the Vestal Virgins. Sulla gave in reluctantly, and is said to have declared that he saw many Mariuses in Caesar.

Caesar did not return to Rome, but instead joined the army, serving under Marcus Minucius Thermus in Asia. Ironically, it had been the loss of his priesthood that allowed him to pursue a military career: the Flamen Dialis was not permitted to ride or even touch a horse, sleep three nights outside his own bed or one night outside Rome, or look upon an army.[14] On a mission to Bithynia to secure the assistance of King Nicomedes's fleet, he spent so long at his court that rumours of an affair with the king arose, which would persist for the rest of his life. Nonetheless, he served with distinction, winning the Civic Crown for his part in the siege of Mytilene. He also served briefly under Servilius Isauricus in Cilicia.[15]

After two years of unchallenged power, having reformed the Roman constitution to his satisfaction, Sulla resigned his dictatorship and re-established consular government. He dismissed his lictors and walked unguarded in the forum, offering to give account of his actions to any citizen.[16] This lesson in supreme confidence, Caesar later ridiculed—"Sulla did not know his political ABC's".[17] Sulla was elected to a second consulship before retiring to private life. He died two years later of liver failure and was accorded a magnificent state funeral. [18]

In 78 BC, on hearing of Sulla's death, Caesar felt it would now be safe for him to return to Rome. His return coincided with an attempted anti-Sullan coup by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, but Caesar, lacking confidence in Lepidus's leadership, did not participate.[19] Instead he turned to advocacy, bringing a failed prosecution against Cornelius Dolabella. He became known for his exceptional oratory, accompanied by impassioned gestures and a high-pitched voice, and ruthless prosecution of former governors notorious for extortion and corruption. The great orator Cicero even commented, "Does anyone have the ability to speak better than Caesar?"[20] Aiming at rhetorical perfection, Caesar travelled to Rhodes in 75 BC for philosophical and oratorical studies with the famous teacher Apollonius Molon, who was earlier the instructor of Cicero himself.[21]

On the way across the Aegean Sea,[22] Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held prisoner in the Dodecanese islet of Farmakos.[citation needed] He maintained an attitude of superiority throughout his captivity. When the pirates thought to demand a ransom of twenty talents of gold, he insisted they ask for fifty. After the ransom was paid, Caesar raised a fleet, pursued and captured the pirates, and imprisoned them in Pergamon. The governor of Asia refused to execute them as Caesar demanded, preferring to sell them as slaves, but Caesar returned to the coast and had them crucified on his own authority, as he had promised to when in captivity – a promise the pirates had taken as a joke. He then proceeded to Rhodes, but was soon called back into military action in Asia, raising a band of auxiliaries to repel an incursion from Pontus.

On his return to Rome he was elected military tribune, a first step on the cursus honorum of Roman politics. The war against Spartacus took place around this time (73 - 71 BC), but it is not recorded what role, if any, Caesar played in it. He was elected quaestor for 69 BC, and during that year he delivered the funeral oration for his aunt Julia, widow of Marius, and included images of Marius, unseen since the days of Sulla, in the funeral procession. His own wife Cornelia also died that year. After her funeral Caesar went to serve his quaestorship in Hispania under Antistius Vetus. While there he is said to have encountered a statue of Alexander the Great, and realised with dissatisfaction he was now at an age when Alexander had the world at his feet, while he had achieved comparatively little. For a contemporary example, Pompey had risen far faster through military conquests than most Roman politicians.

He requested, and was granted, an early discharge from his duties, and returned to Roman politics. On his return he married Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sulla.[23] He was elected aedile, restored the trophies of Marius's victories - a controversial move at the time given the Sullan regime was still in place. He also brought prosecutions against men who had benefited from Sulla's proscriptions, and spent a great deal of borrowed money (largely from Crassus) on public works and games, and outshone his colleague Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus. He was also suspected of involvement in two abortive coup attempts.

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Answer 2

I would say that from an economic and social perspective, maybe even political, Augustus Caesar is better. He helped solidify Rome after Caesar's death and ushered in a time of peace and prosperity in Rome (Pax Romana). Check wikipedia for more info; I've certainly learned early in the year that Augustus was a superior ruler. Furthermore, he became Emperor of Rome while Caesar merely vied for the title.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Gaius Julius Caesar was one of the most greatest general in the Roman military and one of the best statesmen. He was born around July 13, 100 B.C and died around March 15, 44 B.C
In his early life Julius Caesar at age seventeen he got to marry Cornelia, daughter of Cinna. Cinna was associate with Gaius Marius which was one of a popular leaders. Even when he got married he was in a lot of trouble with his marriage. Lucius Sulla was the dictator of Rome and order Julius Caesar to divorce yet Julius Caesar refused to. After that Julius when to Greece to study philosophy and oratory. Then Julius and Cornelia had a daughter named Julia. Around 68 B.C Cornelia died.
As Julius Caesar grew up he became interested in the public affairs and the government. So in order to gain the people’s favor he was elected to the office of aedile and the organizer of the public games in 65 B.C. Then he won the people’s side because he spend much of his money giving to the people to entertain, and make the people happy and comfortable. Even though he got himself into a lot of dept. With the people on his side he became the next best thing a praetor which means the next officer next in rank to consul.
In about 60 B.C Julius Caesar got together with Marcus Licinius Crassus and with Gnaeus Pompey in order to create something called the First Triumvirate. The First Triumvirate is an alliance with three people that held significant power in Rome. They all had something that the people admired a lot. For example Crassus was a man with a lot of wealth and political desire for success. Pompey well he had returned from Asia Minor in 62 B.C. known as a great military leader and a great inspiration /idol to the people. All three of them though had a same thing in common that made the people admire the most was that they all gain a major victory over violence and bribery (offering bribes: the offering of money or other incentives to persuade somebody to do something, especially something dishonest or illegal). In 62 B.C Julius Caesar was elected to be consul. Later after that Julius Caesar was married with Calpurnia the daughter of Lucius Piso of Rome and Pompey married Julia the daughter of Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was mostly interested in the government rather than the a soldier but he know that he needed to be a soldier in order to get greater fame than what he had so all he needed to do was gain military victories. In 58 B.C. Julius Caesar began doing a campaign to take over Gaul which is now mainly France. It was now clear to the people that Julius Caesar was a great military genius. So Julius Cesar took nine years to defeat Gaul and in the war he only lost two battles in which he attended. In the battle he conquered all the territory in the east to the Rhine Rive he also drove the Germans out of Gaul and also crossed the Rhine River to show who’s boss . In top of that he invaded Britain twice in 55 and in 54 B.C.
They held a thanksgiving celebration were held in Rome to rejoice over the victories of Julius Caesar not everyone was celebrating to his victories. Pompey was becoming alarm of Julius Caesar’s success. With his growing suspicion he was threw himself into an alliance with the conservatives(1. reluctant to accept change: in favor of preserving the status quo and traditional values and customs, and against abrupt change
2. conventional in appearance: conventional or restrained in style and avoiding showiness
traditionalist person: somebody who is reluctant to consider new ideas or accept change)
Five years later so in 49B.C. the conservatives order Julius Caesar to give up his army up. Yet Julius Caesar never wanted to leave his army and leaving himself defenseless. So what he did was that he took his army of five thousand solders and lead them across the Rubicon which is a steam that separated provinces from Italy. Once he did his move there was no turning back he had provoked and provoked into a civil war. Pompey’s troops surrender and was forced to leave which meant that Pompey had to leave to the Balkans. And the people that supported Pompey (the conservatives who told Julius Caesar to leave his troops) left with him.
In 49 B.C. Julius Caesar had himself named and known as dictator and consul. Julius Caser met Pompey’s army in Greece at Pharsalus in 48 B.C. and defected Pompey’s forces. Later he found Pompey and followed him into Egypt where he found out that his enemies were murdered.
Thanks to Pompey that’s where Julius Caesar met with Cleopatra. What Cleopatra did to see Julius Caesar was smuggle herself in a carpet and was delivered to Julius Caesar. The next day Julius Caesar was invited Cleopatra to see each other and became lovers. And the plan that Cleopatra wanted was to make herself ruler and For Julius Caesar to help her defeat and get power over Alexandria. When he defeated and accomplished his mission Cleopatra was automatically known as the Queen and what she did was married her young brother Ptolemy XIV who was only eleven years old. But she got pregnant very quickly so what she did was told Julius Caesar that he would control as ruler of Egypt. And that was very satisfying for Julius Caesar. The victory of Pharnaces the second was in 47 B.C. Julius Caesar quote was “Veni, vedi, veci” which means I came, I saw, I conquered.
The last battle that Julius Caesar had was when he went to Munda, Spain in 45 B.C. and when to defeat Pompey’s two sons.
Because of this he became a undisputed(not disputed: accepted as true, valid, or rightfully deserving the description by everyone concerned the undisputed champion of the world) master of the Roman world. And he also pardoned the followers of Pompey. Many people honored Julius Caesar for his leadership and his triumphs and wanted to grant him the power of dictator for ten years. But people thought that was to little time so they made him the dictator for life. Mark Antony wanted to test Julius Caesar with the popular feeling so what he did was offered Julius Caesar to be king of the Roman world.
In spite of Mark Antony’s offered he didn’t accept to be King by offering him a crown. He didn’t accepted because Julius Caesar knew that the people of Rome hated kings so he didn’t accepted the crown.
Even though Julius Caesar refused the crown many Romans suspected that Julius Caesar wanted to still be king someday. Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius were both people that Julius Caesar pardon after the battle of Pharsalus and where considered one of Julius Caesar closest friends made a group of angry aristocrats(supporter of aristocratic rule: a member of a governing aristocracy, or somebody who supports government by aristocracy) and they thought of a plot to kill Julius Caesar. On March 15, 44 B.C. they all stab Julius Caesar to death as he entered the Senators meeting. In total he received a total of twenty wounds who voted Julius to be the dictator. And they made a Shakespeare’s play of Julius Caesar at his funeral of his own death naming the one who turn his back on Julius Caesar.. The one that said this was Mark Antony and he said “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refused: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know.
Julius Cesar was always very wise to use the power he won and made many important get rid of unacceptable habits. For example he tried to get ride of dishonest practices in the Roman and provincial(unsophisticated and narrow-minded: unsophisticated and unwilling to accept new ideas or ways of thinking disapproving) government also known as the aristocrats. He also improved the calendar and clearing everyone’s confusion that existed in the hundred years. He even gave people Roman citizenship to any one that live in the area of Rome.
Julius Caesar also gave to the poor people an goods to improved their ways of living by fix permanently their colonies and especially at Carthage and in Corinth. Other than that he still gave out free grain but only a certain amount of people were limited to this. Another thing that he did was founding of the public libraries.
Julius Caesar was able to prove himself to be the greatest generals and the best statesman that Rome ever had. Even though that he treated the senate was like an advisory council and all they did was never took his respect really serious. In addition to that Julius Caesar gave the other people a chance but hey refused to be a dictator and many objected his idea that he was giving a full citizenship to strangers. Despite that the they killed Julius Caesar they (aristocrats) to make the Roman civilization to end up in a kingdom. Julius Caesar ’s step son led the government fall and he and Mark Antony spit the kingdom fifty-fifty but he wanted all the power to himself so he took control of all the land. So if Julius Caesar would have been alive instead of assassinated maybe life in Rome would have been different. So thanks to Julius Caesar Rome was improved for the best.