Julius Caesar Research Paper

Take a journey back in time as we commemorate the 100th year anniversary of Julius Caesar's death and look back at the history of Rome and it's culture. Being one of the most well known civilizations around, Rome began around 700 BC and fell in 180 AD. This city-state was well-known for its successful battles, rulers, religion, education system, and way of life.

Punic Wars

Long before Julius Caesar came into power, Rome had found itself in the Punic Wars against the African city-state of Carthage. This series of battles lasted from 246 BC to 146 BC with time in between each war. In the first Punic War, Rome won and added Sicily onto it's Republic. In the second war that lasted 16 years, Hannibal, the Carthaginian General launched a surprise

Farmers were struggling because either their lands were destroyed by war, or a surplus in crops brought the prices of food down. This deeply affected Rome as much of their population was made up of poor farmers and merchants, also known as plebeians. Unemployment was also very common throughout the Republic. Tribunes such as Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus made many attempts to help the plebeians of Rome escape their economic suffering and gain more political rights.

Caesar's Republic

At this time, Julius Caesar had beaten Pompey in a Civil War to gain full control over Rome. Caesar later became the dictator of Rome. He played a key role in many popular reforms we are familiar with today. He expanded citizenship to areas and people he gained control over, such as Gaul and Great Britain. He also helped Rome’s people overcome their economic depression by creating government projects that employed Romans. On the Ides of March 44 BC., Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Brutus and Gaius Cassius. He was killed because many feared he would overthrow the senate. The Republic of Rome diedwhen Caesar

In 31 B.C, Augustus defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra for the power of Rome and took the name Augustus, meaning exalted one. The Republic of Rome had now become an Empire. He went on to rule Rome into the Pax Romana we are in today. When Augustus began power, he took complete control over the army and the government. He also granted citizenship to places he gained control over just as Caesar did, making him a very popular emperor. He made attempts to restore traditional values and the Roman religion. His success as an emperor was what brought us into Pax Romana. Augustus’ death created a big problem for the empire because there was no law of succession to tell who would replace an emperor after his death. The adoptive system was later put into place that allowed emperors to choose their successor, continuing Pax Romana into today's