Gaius Julius Caesar was a general, dictator of Rome, and a man of the people. His upbringing molded him into a great leader, who understood the needs of the people of Rome. During the height of his power, he worked to reform and better Rome. His life had a lasting effect on both Rome and the continent of Europe. Julius Caesar strived to do what was best for Rome and all its citizens, before thinking of himself. Julius Caesar was born into Rome’s aristocracy, but his family was not wealthy or powerful. Caesar, being at a lower income level, helped him to understand what the commoners experienced. He grew up during a time of disorder and instability. Growing up around this time of uncertainty helped him understand the problems that Rome needed fixed. Caesar spent his early life climbing the social and political ladder. He joined the Roman Legion, and had a successful military career. After serving in the military, he returned to Rome, when he saw and opportunity to pursue a career in politics. Caesar experienced all spectrums of Roman life, from growing up …show more content…
He put his self-interests aside, and placed the betterment of Rome before everything else. After becoming the Dictator for life, Caesar defeated his remaining enemies. He then gave his past enemies government positions in order to preserve peace. In this way, he attempted to preserve the ideal that Romans do not kill Romans to the best of his ability. He also allowed defeated foreigners to become citizens of Rome. This helped to bring in an influx of taxes to Rome, which helped to bring down its debt. Caesar allowed Romans to be better represented in government by reforming the senate, and changing local government. These reforms to the government helped end some of the corruption, and allowed people to have a say on matter that directly affected them. Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. despite all the positive contributions that he made to