Why Was Julius Caesar A Tragic Hero

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https://www.ancient.eu/Julius_Caesar/ “As long as Caesar was a public servant he was safe from prosecution by his Optimate enemies for hislegal indiscretions but, once his consulship ended, he was sure to be indicted. Further, Caesar was deeplyin debt, both financially and politically, to Crassus, and needed to raise both money and his prestige.” Julius Caesar used his power as a public servant to not get prosecuted by his enemies. He was deep in debt and had to raise money and is prestige. He was always in trouble throughout his reign and used his power to not get prosecuted by his enemies which makes him a tragic hero. https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/julius-caesar “Caesar invaded Italy and drove Pompey into Macedonia in less than seventy

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Since Pompey hada fleet and Caesar did not, Caesar decided to attack Spain, where Pompey had strong support, while Caesar’s men constructed warships.” Caesar invaded Italy, driving Pompey into Macedonia. Pompey had a fleet and Caesar didn’t so Caesar attacked Spain where Pompey had strong support while his men constructed warships. Attacking people for no reason caused Julius Caesar to be a tragic hero. https://www.biography.com/people/julius-caesar-9192504 “In an early controversial move, Caesar tried to pay off Pompey's soldiers by granting them public lands. Caesar hired some of Pompey's soldiers to stage a riot. In the midst of all the chaos, he got his way.” Julius Caesar was very scandalous. He payed off Pompey’s soldiers and also hired some of Pompey’s soldiers to stage a riot so that he could get his way. By doing this and being very scandalous he is considered a tragic hero. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ancient-rome/julius-caesar/ “In 49 BC the Senate ordered Caesar to hand over his army to their

control. He refused. Instead Caesar advanced on Italy but paused at the line that divided France (Gaul) and Italy – the River Rubicon. Roman law said that a governor was not allowed to leave his province. Caesar ignored this law, crossed the Rubicon and advanced to confront his enemies in Rome.” Julius Caesar ignored the law that said a governor was not allowed to leave his province. He crossed the Rubicon and advanced to confront his enemies in Rome. By breaking laws, this makes him a tragic hero. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1643 “Caesar's sin was not that he was subverting the Roman constitution---which was an unwritten one---but that he was loosening the oligarchy's overbearing grip on it. Worse still, he used state power to effectsome limited benefits for small farmers, debtors, and urban proletariat, at the expense of the wealthy few. No matter how limited these reforms proved to be, the oligarchs never forgave him. And so Caesar met the same fate as numerous other reformers before him---and so many other reformers down through the centuries since his day.” Caesar used his power at state to effect some limited benefits of thelower class at the expense of the wealthy. For this Julius Caesar is a Tragic H