(ancient rome)
and are you for or against the assassination of caesarrr
2007-12-18 08:43:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yes ceasar was elected, but you can't elect someone as dictator. He used some of his powers like a dictator in war, but was assassinated because he was getting too powerful. I am against the assassination of ceasar because he was a good leader, but I wouldn't want to change history. Some of our best ideas came from the Pax Romana following Caesars death.
2007-12-18 08:56:15 · answer #1 · answered by Kiwi 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Contrary to what others have said the Romans, or the Senate on behalf of the City, could ELECT a dictator. The term didn't mean the same in those days. The dictator was an extraordinary magistrate whose powers exceeded those of the other magistrates, and the office was created in extraordinary times.Unlike other officers of state the dictator could act alone. The dictator could not serve for more than 6 months. There were a number of such during the period of the Republic, but those we remember most are Sulla who ruled for two years after his falling out with Gaius Marius, and Julius Caser. Caesar was elected dictator for six months initially in 46BC, but then extended his term to a year, with the proviso it would be extended thereafter year on year for 10 years. This pretence was discarded a year later however and he was elected dictator perpetuus, usually translated into English as Dictator for life
2007-12-18 17:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Julius Caesar:
Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.
And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.
How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.
2007-12-18 17:26:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rome didn't have a voting democracy like we do, they had a senate like ours filled with politicians, they are the ones that put caesar in power. It was not a dictatorship. He was called emperor. Senate is what made the laws.
Against any kind of assassination, especially the way they did him.
2007-12-18 16:55:01 · answer #4 · answered by badkitty1975 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. He,Pompey, and Crassus basically ruled Rome though. and no, I don't agree with his assassination. If he had even wanted to become king, the people would never have let him
2007-12-18 16:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋