Why was Julius Caesar unpopular?

Answer 1

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.

Answer 2

Although he was arguably one of the most successful generals and politicians of ancient times, Julius Caesar failed to overcome the power structure of the Roman Senate in his lifetime, mainly because they killed him. However, his successors (Mark Antony, Octavian, and later rulers) benefited from his efforts, and Octavian (as Augustus Caesar) ruled Rome as a practically unchallenged emperor.

Answer 3

Julius Caesar failed by making the mistake of arousing suspicions that he wanted to become a king. Due to the way the Roman Republic had been established in 509 BC, the return of a king was equated to the return of tyranny in republican culture.
The Romans had created the Republic through a rebellion against the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, who was a tyrant. They decided to do away with the monarchy and established the republic to prevent any man from concentrating power in his hands and, therefore, prevent the return of tyranny. The Romans swore that they would not allow anyone to try to become a king ever again. During the Early Republic one man was executed and another one was forced to commit suicide because of accusations of trying to become a king. To traditional republicans anyone who tried to become a king was an enemy and someone who could be killed. Therefore, a group of senators assassinated him.

Caesar's aroused suspicions that he wanted to become a king in several ways:
• He issued coins bearing his likeness (portrait which looked very much like him) following the practice of Hellenistic kings in the eastern Mediterranean.
• Caesar also copied the practice of Hellenistic king by creating a personality cult. He created a religious cult based on himself by claiming decent from Venus and built a new temple of Venus for this cult.
• He constantly got the senate to bestow honours on him in a regal fashion. He was given the title of Pater Patriae (Father of the nation) and he was given the honours of a gilded chair and of wearing purple, red sandals and a golden wreath. All these had been regal symbols during the monarchy (through some senators also were red sandals).
• A senatorial delegation went to consult Caesar at the temple of Venus he built. He refused to stand to honour them when they arrived and the senators felt deeply insulted.
• Someone placed a diadem (crown) on the statue of Caesar on the Rostra. The tribunes, Gaius Epidius Marcellus and Lucius Caesetius Flavius removed it, and Caesar's reaction was one of displeasure, though he did not anything about it.
• Some among the populace called Caesar Rex (king). Soon after the crown incident, the two mentioned tribunes had citizens arrested after they called out 'Rex' to Caesar as he passed by in the streets of Rome. Caesar, seeing his supporters threatened, ordered the release of the arrested and took the tribunes before the Senate and had them stripped of their positions.
• During the religious festival of the Lupercalia Caesar sat on the gilded chair at the Rostra (a platform for public speeches) and wore the purple, the red sandals and the golden laurel. Mark Antony (who was a Lupercal priest) tried to place a diadem on Caesar's head saying "the people offer this to you through me." Antony was trying to imply that the people were offering him the title of king. Caesar, on noticing that there was little support from the crowd, refused and ensured that the crown did not touch his head. The crowd roared with approval. Antony tried again and again there was no support from the crowd. Caesar stood up refused again and said "Jupiter alone is King of the Romans." The crowd shouted in approval again.

Answer 4

People hated Julius because he was cruel and unfair t others. He also went mad with power

Answer 5

He suffered shipwrecks due to storms and bad weather and the loss of the lives of many of his troops so he had to turn back.