Question of Interest: After Caesar's was killed how did the Romans decide who would rule? Did they still trust the senate or did they want an absolute dictator?

Our Assumption: We believe that the Roman citizens and slaves didn’t trust the senate, but they didn’t want one person to rule over the entire empire and obtain too much power either. We feel as if one part of Rome’s population believed in one thing and the other believed in something else.

Places We Got Our Information From...

• Book: World History, Patterns of Interaction Copyright 2003 by McDougal Littel Inc. Pages 146-148 ( Information about what happened after Caesar's death)


• Website: http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html (Pictures) Permission Granted from Barbara McManus of The VRoma Project www.vroma.org


• Video: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire BBC (Information about what happened before Caesar's time)

Before & After Caesar

For 400 years Rome was a democratic society. There came a point where peace and stability was no longer a way of living. The growing gap between rich and poor threaten its foundations and cause corruption and chaos in what we know to be called the Roman Empire. Before we can jump into what happened during and after Caesar’s time, we must first understand the events that took place before.
Before Caser’s time a man name Tiberius changed Rome forever. He saw the type of place Rome was turning in to and realized that it couldn't go on much longer. The rich were ruling poor, leading them into starvation, and death. This cycle was destroying Rome before it even started and Tiberius was determined to change that. The free citizens and the slaves believed that the Roman Senate was not loyal; because they couldn’t be trusted. Tiberius had the people on his side he began a revolution that brought the republic to its knees. Tiberius was killed for supporting something that he believed in; although he is dead, the sprit of his rebellion lives on. The corrupted republic was over thrown.Rome didn't trust the senate; they sought a good leader like Tiberius. They needed a person that would speak for them and cater to their needs.
Whether the people trusted the senate or not was out of the question.The senate could not be trusted, but Rome didn't want a king, an absolute leader, or a dictator to rule over them. (<---Video) In his early years Caesar was a genius at defeating Rome’s enemies. In 59 B.C, Caesar was elected consul, for ten years his men took over Rome and he declared himself dictator for life. The Senate felt threaten and decided that Caesar’s lust for power became to strong. The senate didn’t want to lose their purpose or change what Rome has been so they killed Caesar. (<---Book)

Conclusion: After thorough research we came to the conclusion that our assumption just included a little piece of the complete correct answer. We discovered that Caesar started the life of emperors and whether all of Rome liked it or not, that wasn’t a decision they could change.