it is said that julius caesar was ambitious and he was a dictator.was it really so????????
2007-09-03 00:48:25 · 9 answers · asked by bunny 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Of course he was. I am surprised that anyone would question it.
2007-09-03 00:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by galyamike 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course he was ambitious, but his ambition was for the sake of Rome. He knew that he could run Rome better than everyone else. In a time of genius, he was the greatest Roman of all.
Cleopatra believed he was a god, and after he died, many Romans did, too.
Dictator had a different meaning at that time. A dictator was a particular type of leader in the Roman government. The senators would select a dictator for a specific period of time, usually when there were a number of pressing financial problems to solve.
This is a different concept from the modern idea of a dictator: a person who seizes control of by force, and is supported, for life, by a gang of friends.
If you like to read historical fiction, read Colleen McCullough's brillant quartet of novels about Julius Caesar.
From there, you might journey on to "I, Claudius."
2007-09-05 09:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by HayatAnneOsman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
...The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious; If it were true it were a grievous fault; and grievously has Caesar answered it.
Here under leave of Brutus and the rest (For Brutus is an honorable man, so are they all honorable men) come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus has said he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man...
2007-09-03 09:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Michael J 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he was. Yes he was. Yes he was. Stop repeating your question. Stop repeating your question. Stop repeating your question.
Well, Caesar conquered Gaul (modern-day France) and then returned to Rome to overthrow the governmoent and announce himself as dictator. You could say he was ambitious.
2007-09-03 10:15:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well he did planned to rule the world. THINKING HE WOULD NOT DIE!! he planed about rome being powerful in justone rule, and he didn't know about other parts of the earth. He was every ambitois in away that many feared it would come true and this made him anymies to many men. anyway, good job with the salad!!
2007-09-03 08:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by shunanoy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Man wanted to conquer the world, and tried to. I'd say that is ambitious.
Salad named after him. Ha, good one!
2007-09-03 07:58:14 · answer #6 · answered by The Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course he was, but it paid off. He got a salad and a form of surgery named after him.
2007-09-03 07:56:48 · answer #7 · answered by Scozbo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way!!! He was Italian!!!!
2007-09-03 08:06:42 · answer #8 · answered by Big Feet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now go look him up and learn about him and his accomplishments. You'll come to this conclusion on your own.
2007-09-03 15:41:00 · answer #9 · answered by Sprouts Mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋