Populares Essays

Roman Republic: Oligarchy or Democracy While the system of government employed by the Roman Republic may appear to be democratic in theory, there is some debate as to whether one can consider the manner in which it functioned practically as being truly democratic. The main debate centres on the issue of whether the Roman Republic was a democracy or an oligarchy. Issues such as unequal distribution, a political structure that favours the elites, and the power of individuals, make an argument in favour

emerged; the Optimates and the Populares. The Optimates were the most powerful families in Rome and wanted to preserve the current state of the Republic because it allowed the senators to control power. The Populares was full of farmers and was more focused on the causes of the regular man. The more wealthy citizens slowly began to buy land for their homes, which caused small farmers to begin to lose their jobs. Food was beginning to shrink, and thousands of Populares had lost their jobs. This created

rule through power or authority during his political reign? During Caesar’s political reign, he ruled through authority because he was able to deliver the needs of the majority populares group while satisfying the optimates by building public works projects, creating reforms that benefitted foreigners and the populares, and conquering the land of other regions. Caesar convinced others that it was in their best interest to be ruled because he provided Romans and outsiders with opportunities to be

unwanted reforms, he is loved by the middle and lower classes of Rome. Caesar supports the “Populare” ideal, which grants the lower classes more rights. “Caesar proposed legislation for reform of government… and a redistribution of land to the poor, both long-held Populare goals. His initiatives were supported by Crassus’ wealth and Pompey’s soldiers, thus solidly aligning The First Triumvirate with the Populare faction” (“Julius Caesar”) He has their support; he cancels one-fourth of all debt, making

A walk to remember The book that I’ve read is called A walk to remember and the authors name is Nicholas spark. You’ve probably heard of him before, because of his other well known, romantic books, such as Dear john, The lucky one and one of my favorites, The notebook. Nicholas Sparks has just turned 49 years old and he has seventeen published novels plus one none-fiction. Eight of his romantic novels have been adabted into films including, A walk to remember. Nicholas sparks is an american

V and you start to wonder how television got to this point. Some may believe that T.V was always this way, but this could not be further from the truth. Television had a very long journey from the 1960's to modern day. Many of the ideas that were populare in shows before the 60's were not poulare in the future. Shows such as Scoobey-doo, Star Trek, Gilligans Island, The Andy Grittith show and the addams family reimagined how T.V was thought about. T.V in the 60's made television today different by

Caesar did not want to be King After Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus were killed there was a lot of power left unclaimed in the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar, an outstanding warrior and politician, took advantage of this and used this unclaimed power to propel his career. There is stronger and more evidence pointing to him not wanting to be King. All Caesar wanted to do was to make Rome a greater nation. From becoming a dictator or giving up his seat for one of

My character is Lucius Caesetius Flavus, a politician in the Roman Republic. Flavus came from the plebeian family of Caesetier. His father was a knight and had two other sons. Flavus was a Tribune of the Plebs for 44 B.C. The Tribune of the Plebs held an important role in the Roman government. In the modern day, there is no equivalent position in the government. Every year, 10 Tribunes were elected. The creation of the office was for the protection of the plebeians from the patricians. Tribunes also

Tiberius Gracchus, who in 133 BC instituted certain reforms to the influence of the senate. However, for the purposes of this committee, the Senate is the sovereign ruling body in Rome. Within the Senate there were two parties: the Populares and the Optimates. The Populares were progressives supported the lower classes and advocated a great deal for social reform in the Republic. The Optimates on the other hand were conservatives, who desired total control for the senate over all of Rome and the Republic

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, better known as the ‘Gracchi Brothers’ were a pair of tribunes descending from the plebs from the 2nd century BCE who sought to introduce land reforms and other legislations that aligned with their populist views/ideas. It can be said that the career of the two brothers was marked by murder, riots and outright manipulation of the power they were granted which completely altered the state of Roman politics- aiding in the breakdown of the Roman Republic. The legislation

in him; Gaius Julius Caesar was born 12 July 100 BCE (though some cite 102 as his birth year). His father, also Gaius Julius Caesar, was a Praetor who governed the province of Asia and hismother, Aurelia Cotta, was of noble birth. Both held to the Populare ideology of Romewhich favored democratization of government and more rights for the lower class as opposed to the Optimate factions’ claim of the superiority of the nobility and traditional Roman values which favored the upper classes. It should

Caesar demonstrated his wit when he saw opportunity for self-promotion in giving a funeral speech for his Aunt Julia and his wife, Cornelia, in 69 BCE. In his speech, Caesar stressed his association with Marius, the leader of the Populārēs faction and his descendence from Iulus, as well as established his political ambitions and resulted in his gain of much desired publicity. (Terwilliger, Early Life of Caesar) Caesar also recognized the strength of relationships, and demonstrated

The Populares were falling apart and lost of a lot of political power and were need of a savior. Pompey Magnus was that hope. Pompey came from a plebian family and his father was one of the first to serve consul under Sulla. He came to become one of Rome’s greatest

it is clear that Caesar was the main cause of the Civil War, we must not neglect to mention other factors which contributed to it. As such, we will consider whether Caesar’s refusal to give up his armies, the actions of the optimates against the populares or fear of prosecution, led to the war. This essay is, therefore, only concerned with the events leading up to the war and not the specifics of the war itself. Firstly, Caesar’s account of the war, the Commentarii De Bello Civile, outlines what

Milo and Clodius T.J. Broderick Publius Clodius Pulcher and Titus Annius Milo were political agitators infamous for disrupting and causing violence in Roman politics in 50’s BCE. Both of these men were known for their hooligan acts and worked on behalf of their respective factions using violence to get what they want in Roman government. Milo worked on behalf of the the Senatorial Faction and was to be a strong

struggle between two political factions in the Late Republic: the populares, who – broadly speaking – tended to pay attention to the problems of common people, bringing political issues to popular assemblies and by-passing senatorial approval, and the optimates, who tried to maintain the established order through a united senatorial front against popular demands . If one follows the opinion of Classical authors, especially Cicero, the populares could also be labelled as shameless demagogues, who would do

while participation in Athens wasn’t. To start, the stability of the Roman Republic and the Athenian Democracy was similar because they both had internal fights and reforms due to wealth.Specifically, the Gracchi brothers were a large part of the populares political group in Rome because of their efforts to redistribute land, set limits to the amount of land one can own, and make the state pay for military equipment, instead of the soldiers themselves.This represents how the Roman Republic had several

destabilizing effect on the social system of Rome since the slaves were the preferred cheap labor on the estates causing massive unemployment for the average citizen. A rift stemming from this social system failure emerged between the Optimates and the Populares using landless, unemployed demagogues to revolt at the inability of the senate to govern. The slaves were abundant in Rome and their numbers were almost equal to that of the freedmen which were dangerous to the Roman

The assassination of Tiberius Gracchus is the pivotal event that triggered the downfall of the Roman Republic, reigniting the power struggle between the aristocracy and common people and leading to the erosion of the Republic’s core ideals. The Republic was established following the tragic death of Lucretia, who took her life after being raped by Sextus Tarquinius. Lucretia’s suicide showed the aristocracy the potential of centralized authority to violate a women’s autonomy, instilling a fear of

off the engagement and married Cornelia. The reason he married Cornelia is because as a priest, he had to marry a patrician or a person in a high rank. Cornelia’s father, Lucius Cornelius Cinna, was a very wealthy, influential, noble member of the Populares. He was also the biggest ally of Marius, Caesar’s uncle. Caesar and Cornelia later have a daughter, who is the only legitimate child. The civil war between Julius’ uncle and Sulla ended with Lucius Sulla as the victor and dictator. Sulla started