Julius Caesar Class System Essay

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The combination of inter-class conflict and a series of rising military strong men starting off with Julius Caesar and then to his son Octavian later named “Augustus” all contributed to the fall of the Roman Republic. The thirst for power in an unequal class system created enmity between the rich and the poor and even between the different factions of the poor. This essay will explain the major factors of the struggle of orders between the two major classes.

To begin with, the class system had many factors that lead to the dispute and instability of the system. The dueling political agendas of the leaders did not have a good effect. Due to Julius Caesar over time rising in power and many feared that they would be ruled by a dictator. The …show more content…

During the third century, a number of internal and external pressures, called the Crisis Of The third Century (in which there were at least 26 claimants to the throne over a 50 year period), the pretense of the Republic was dropped and the empire became despotic with the beginning of the rule of the Emperor Diocletian in 284 ce.The underlying causes of the failure of the Republic began with a number of civil wars that happened with Julius Caesar's declaration becoming Dictator for life. With his death, and the ambitions of a number of parties, Augustus, set a precedent that lasted 300 years until a growing set of problems came into the picture.

Romans didn't like conflict within their own government. In a way, they were much like modern people, who just want to go on with their lives and pretty much do what they want. When they essentially handed over the government to an Emperor, they were hoping to get back a bit of stability to their daily lives and that did not necessarily happen.

With the thirst for power between so many people creating an off balance in the well being of Rome the rise for power led up to the final fall the Roman Republic. Socially and economically Rome began to collapse with the ever rising issues and conflicts from debt and problems throughout the class system as well as the rise of power from Julius Caesar and Augustus

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