Accomplishments Of Julius Caesar

Roman Research: Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar was a Roman Dictator and general. He was involved in helping with the rise of the Roman Republic. He was famous for conquering many places, including Gaul. He also had many military achievements. Through these many military achievements, Caesar was able to expand Rome and make it better. Caesar was able to rise up and be one of the best leaders \of Rome. Although Julius Caesar fought in many wars, he was a strong leader of the Romans who weakened the Roman Republic but strengthened the Roman Empire by his military achievements helping expand Rome and establishing one of the most sophisticated empires in the ancient world.

Julius Caesar fought in many wars with many countries/cities. He not only fought

In the second Gallic war, it was the Caesar against the Germans, Julius Caesar attacked first and the Germans did not expect it to happen that way.“For he did not expect that the Romans would attack the Germans, whose onset he thought they could not withstand, and he was amazed at the boldness of Caesar; besides, he saw that his own army was disturbed” (Plutarch 491). All the war tactics that Caesar used during these Gallic wars caused him to have Victory. Caesar defeated the Germans and the Helvetti, his war tactics helped make history of his Roman military achievements. In the gallic wars, Julius Caesar defeated the Gaul tribes, and he showed many skills that lead into his other many military achievements, and later this showed how the Roman Republic was weakened by the city being destroyed and then later Julius Caesar building it back with the coming of an eventually successful

As well as not having much experience in being a leader, Caesar changed Rome for the best, “We know only a small part of the story, a story of life of movement, of initiative, of swift decision, of painstaking political organization, of the use of almost any means to gain his end” (Taylor 16). Caesar learned throughout his years as a Roman leader what changes he needed to make to benefit Rome. Another great thing about this empire is that Caesar added many changes to the Roman city like highways and canals, “laying a highway from the Adriatic over the heights of the Apennines to the Tiber; cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth; pushing back the Dacian advances into Pontus and Thrace; and attacking the Parthians via Lesser Armenia, but without risking battle until he had gauged their qualities” (Suetonius 33). Julius Caesar also made a breach, “and he made a first breach, which others would widen two centuries later, in the barriers between Italians and Provincials” (Grant 236). This breach was a border that the Italians and Provincials enlarged to cover much of the land. Julius Caesar made so many changes to Rome when constructing the best empire, not only physical changes but changes that involved him being more concerned about the people. He