Juliius Caesar became dictator at the end of the Roman republic.
It's a tossup between Julius Caesar and Octavian. Julius Caesar was the last single leader of the Roman republic. However the republic did not abruptly end at his death. The second triumvirate was formed, which was a legally appointed trio with each man having equal power. When the triumvirate fell apart and Octavian came out on top, he technically became the last leader of the republic, making it much easier for him to form the principate.
The Roman republic ended when Julius Caeser declared himself dictator for life. From then on only emporers ruled Rome and not the people.
That would be Julius Caesar. Although he was never an emperor, he was a dictator and would not give up the office.
The exact date of the end of the Roman Republic is debated, one commonly accepted date is 44BC - when Julius Caesar was assassinated (after being proclaimed perpetual dictator). Another is 27BC, when the Senate granted extraordinary powers to Octavian (Augustus) - the beginnings of the Roman Empire.The role of perpetual dictator had never existed in the Republic before this time, and it sparked the beginning of an autocratic system.
Caesar's rule led to the end of the republic indirectly. The republic continued to exist for 14 years after his assassination. There were more civil wars. The last of these was won by Octavian, who went on to become the first Roman emperor (historians use the name Augustus for the period when he was the emperor). Octavian/Augustus used some of the reforms which Caesar had made. Caesar had concentrated power in his hands. Prior to this, the consuls (the two heads of the republic) and the other officers of state were elected annually. Towards the end of Caesar's rule they became his appointees. Augustus retained these changes. He also created a personality cult and Augustus did the same.
The sentators feared he was getting to obsessed with his own importance. The senators were jealous of his powers. He wanted to become king, some said. If he became king, this meant the end of the republic
It was only indirectly that his rule led to the end of the Roman Republic. Before he was murdered, Caesar had been appointed Dictator (a perfectly honorable appointment in those days) by the Roman Senate, and he was always very anxious to act within the laws of the Republic and honor its institutions.It was his murder that led to the second Civil War and the eventual victory and power of his adopted son Octavius, better know as the later Emperor Augustus. Historians generally mark hisrise to power as the end of the Roman Republic, although Augustus himself never formally abolished any of the Republic's institutions.
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The Roman Republic ended when Caesar Augustus came to power
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Julius Caesar was a renowned general, politician and scholar in ancient Rome who conquered the vast region of Gaul and helped initiate the end of the Roman Republic when he became dictator of the Roman Empire. He was a reformer who fought for the plebeians. He was an opponent of dividing patrician estates. He was a member of the three-man military triumvirate. He was an important politician who fought to expand Rome.