Leader Analysis Sheet
Name of Leader: Julius Caesar
Lifespan: 100 B.C.E – 44 B.C.E.
Title: Caesar/King
Country/region: Roman Empire
Years in Power: 45 B.C.E. – 44 B.C.E.
Political, Social, & Economic Conditions Prior to Leaders Gaining Power
- Was a general of the Roman republic.
- Born into a patrician family; high-ranking family or nobles with great political powers and wealth.
- Was head of his family at the age of sixteen.
- Political unrest during early ages; Rome was in a number of civil wars.
Ideology, Motivation, Goals:
- Knew that the Roman political system was corrupt; sought to fix it.
- Needed money to gain political power; began forging connections to higher class families with more wealth
than he did.
- Used wealth to his advantage to gain more and more political power.
Significant Actions & events During Term of Power
- Established political order and stability in the Roman empire.
- Allowed full voting rights for civilians + provided new homes for them.
- Changed tax laws with Asia and Sicily.
- Eliminated political corruption and abuses that the old republic had possessed.
Short-Term effects:
Long-Term Effects
- The Roman Empire under Caesar’s rule prospered
and expanded.
- Caesar would be assassinated due to people believing
that he had too much power.
- Roman Empire would later fail and fall after
Caesar’s rule.
- Caesar’s rule, however, proved to be a good
model for future Roman emperors and future
European leaders to base their societies on.
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