Was Julius Caesar A Good Leader

Julius Caesar was a good leader for the Roman Empire. For starters, "Julius Caesar was a general, a statesman, a lawgiver, an orator, and a historian." (N.S. Gill). He was very powerful and established a popularity among the people of Rome. He reduced slavery, gave more land to people like peasants and soldiers, established roman colonies, and also established tax reforms. Leading him and his soldiers to many victories concluded with him never losing a war. He took over Germany and invaded Britain. (source: softschools Julius Caesar timeline). He made the people of Rome very happy, filled them with hope, and rose to power very quickly. (Sources/authors:

This shows how well Caesar cared for the people of the Roman Empire, and how trustworthy and honorable he is as a leader to his Empire. Another victory of Julius Caesar is the defeat of the Nervii. The Nervii were the leading tribe of the Celtic Belgae. (source: article named Julius Caesar Victories). They were planning to take over Roman forces, and Caesar dealt with them before they could. The Nervii fought heroically, but were defeated by Caesar and his army. Caesar also built a wooden bridge over the Rhine river when another conflict with the Germans and British arose. This idea was not positive for the Senate, but Caesar did not let the Senate stop him. Alesia became involved with this conflict, and Gaul rose against Caesar. Caesar managed to get forces to surrender, and won the Battle of the Alesia. All of these victories shape Caesar as a ruler and explain how strong

Caesar had to deal with a very big economical issue in Rome when he first became a leader. There was very high unemployment in Rome and Caesar established many beneficial things to stop this unemployment. He also had to deal with a widespread economic debt, as well as a coinage shortage due to a civil war with lenders demanding repayment of loans. (Steven Fife). For starters, he limited the amount of sesterces in cash any person can have to 60,000. He also permitted tenants to not pay rent for a year to help with this debt and managed to get the lenders and borrowers come to an agreement and end the debt. (Steven Fife). He limited the grain distribution to people that actually needed it to try and get the amount of unemployment in Rome to decrease. The way he reduced this grain supply was he offered people to live in Roman colonies overseas. The citizens left behind were able to get a monthly supply of free grain. As for the citizens overseas, Caesar was able to build a harbor at Ostia that could deliver the rest of the reduced grain to them. Even just by helping the poor, and advancing ways people can come to agreements in ancient Rome shows how much of a trustworthy and favorite leader Caesar