Julius Caesar was a very important figure to the Roman people because he basically created the Roman Empire by expanding Rome, relieving debt from the roman people, revising the calendar and crafting its imperial system. Julius Caesar created what was known as the Roman Empire by expanding the land Rome had to even more. Before Julius Caesar, the size of the Roman Empire was small but inevitably when Julius Caesar came into the position Rome was expanded quite largely. The first expansion was the conquest of Gaul or during the Gallic wars because once Caesar became governor of Gaul all that territory was associated with Rome. With this expansion it meant Rome was growing into a very important country. Another expansion that Julius Caesar made …show more content…
After the civil war in Rome a very important issue Caesar had was debt in Rome. When the people that loaned money demanded repayment from their loan and all the real estate values collapsed Caesars Rome was always out of money. Finally Caesar ordered/made a rule that property must be sold for repayment at the same price it was before the war. Caesar also cancelled all the interest payments due from the beginning of 49 BC and let all the tenants of Rome to pay no rent for one year to try and relieve debt and accumulate a little money. While these measures still did not eliminate Rome’s debt, Caesar’s plan helped take away the debt, which satisfied both the people, which loaned money and the people that borrowed money. Lastly Caesar figured out a way to fix the unemployment in Rome, which was a way to reduce the unemployment by, giving the poor roman people a chance to start a new life in the overseas colonies of Rome. Another important thing that Julius Caesar did for Rome was he revised the calendar. The old republican calendar had twelve months that were usually as long as the moon cycles. When all the twelve months are added up it is 355