How did Julius Caesar effect Rome?

1. Julius Caesar
Morgan Townsend
2nd Year at Delta College in Michigan
Criminal Justice Major
HIS 111 Early Western Civilization
Prof. Laura Dull
Winter Semester 2015

2. ● Debt
● Unemployment
● City’s appearance
● In his will
What effect did Caesar
have on Rome?
Julius Caesar
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3. Widespread Debt:
● Repayment of loans and real estate values collapsed
● Result: shortage of coinage in circulation as people hoarded whatever they
had
● Property must be accepted for repayment as its pre-war value
● Cancelled all interest payments due since 49 BC
● Debt was not eliminated, but it was reduced to where lenders and
borrowers were satisfied

4. Widespread Unemployment:
● Poor were offered a new life in overseas colonies
● Caesar cut the supply of free grain
● Arranged for better supervision of the city’s grain supply
● Construction of new public buildings

5. Enhance City’s Appearance:
● Rome seemed unimpressive compared to Alexandria
● Forum Julium--built to provide more space for law courts
● Saepta Julia--provided large enclosure for voting
● Wanted to divert the Tiber River
Forum Julium
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6. Caesar’s Assassination:
● March 15, 44 BC
● Stabbed 23 times by the Senate
● Took place in the Senate
● They said he was too obsessed with himself and his appearance
'Julius Caesar', Act III, Scene 1, the Assassination
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7. Caesar’s Will:
● His villa, gardens surrounding it, and his art gallery all be made public
● Distributed his wealth to the people of Rome
o 300,000 sesterces to each citizen
● The next heir was named, Octavian
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8. After His Death:

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