he came to power around 59bc
Octavius came to Rome to claim his inheritance. He was Julius Caesar's principle heir and adopted son.
assassinatedFlavus was the first designated dictator. Dictator was a temporary office created in times of national emergency, when the country was under martial law. Cincinnatus famously was summoned from his plowing and, once the crisis was over, resigned the dictatorship, and returned to his plow. There are over forty dictators listed in Roman archives. However, Julius Caesar is the only one created Dictator in Perpetuus. Following Caesar's assassination, his heir, Octavius, became the Emperor of Rome, known as Caesar Augustus, although his official title was Princeps.
He travelled by chariot.
The Rubicon river, in Caesar's time, was the boundary between Gaul and Italy. Caesar had been ordered by the senate to disband his army and come to Rome for trial. This was an insult to Caesar and to his army. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon into Italy he began the civil war which, at its conclusion, left Caesar in supreme power.
Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and his lieutenants in the Civil War, who led the Senatorial forces. He then was appointed Dictator--but never actually considered Emperor in his lifetime. It was his adopted son, Augustus (Octavian, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus) who became the first Emperor by gradually accumulating and holding offices that gave him the appearance of power to go along with his actual power (from control of the treasury and army). He had defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra (at Actium, 31 BCE) to gain undisputed control of the Roman World.
Octavius came to Rome to claim his inheritance. He was Julius Caesar's principle heir and adopted son.
assassinatedFlavus was the first designated dictator. Dictator was a temporary office created in times of national emergency, when the country was under martial law. Cincinnatus famously was summoned from his plowing and, once the crisis was over, resigned the dictatorship, and returned to his plow. There are over forty dictators listed in Roman archives. However, Julius Caesar is the only one created Dictator in Perpetuus. Following Caesar's assassination, his heir, Octavius, became the Emperor of Rome, known as Caesar Augustus, although his official title was Princeps.
He travelled by chariot.
Julius Caesar came to total power in 48 BC after the Battle of Pharsalus, when he defeated Pompey. However, previously he had been a counsul, which was a position of authority but counsular authority did not carry the supreme power that Caesar gained as a dictator.
The Rubicon river, in Caesar's time, was the boundary between Gaul and Italy. Caesar had been ordered by the senate to disband his army and come to Rome for trial. This was an insult to Caesar and to his army. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon into Italy he began the civil war which, at its conclusion, left Caesar in supreme power.
War broke out between Caesar and the senate. Caesar won the war and became dictator for life in the Roman world in 48 B.C.
The month of July is named after Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. August is named after Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome. These names were given to honor their contributions to Roman history.
Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) and his lieutenants in the Civil War, who led the Senatorial forces. He then was appointed Dictator--but never actually considered Emperor in his lifetime. It was his adopted son, Augustus (Octavian, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus) who became the first Emperor by gradually accumulating and holding offices that gave him the appearance of power to go along with his actual power (from control of the treasury and army). He had defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra (at Actium, 31 BCE) to gain undisputed control of the Roman World.
<p><p> Basically, the assassination of Julius Caesar caused it. Octavian (young Augustus) was the official heir of Julius Caesar but he had a lot of enemies who wanted to defeat him (Marcus Antonius being one of them). He won the Battle of Actium against Marcus Antonius and returned to Rome as a triumphant. He'd observed Julius Caesar and what caused his assassination, so he knew that he had to go slow and keep the Roman traditions because that was what Julius Caesar did not do. He did not declare himself as an emperor as soon as he got the power, he waited for the right time although he had the complete power long before he declared himself as an emperor, but with different titles. People trusted him and he made Senate know that Rome needed him. When he became the emperor, Romans were truly happy about it.
Julius Caesar was the Roman(early italian) dictator around 45BC.
Julius Caesar started the civil war for self-preservation. The Senate had ordered him to disband his army and come to Rome to face charges of illegal actions during his counsulship. There was no way that a man of Caesar's pride and temperament would do this. However he did end the civil war by beating Pompey and then Pompey's son.
"Beware of the Ides of March!" Roman calender 15th March) associated with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.