Born in 59 BCE, he would have been a child during the Gallic Wars of Caesar, a teenager by the time Cato the Younger had committed suicide, refusing to accept Caesar's clementia, and an adult approaching middle age by the time of Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra. ... This does not add up, however, because Livy is writing under Augustus, the great-nephew of one of the greatest Populares politicians of the Republic, Caesar. ... To get this legislation passed, however, he was forced to propose another law that illegally removed the tribune Marcus Octavius from office. ...

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The objective of this assessment is to provide evidence in a way that it can be determined to what extent entertainment was indeed a true policy applied by government in order to keep people busy during the reign of Emperor Julius Caesar. ... According to "The History Guide," the rule of the first Roman dictator Augustus Caesar, "the city of Rome provided bread, oil and wine to its urban population. ... Of the poor, the poet Juvenal would write: with no vote to sell, their motto is "couldn't care less,"" time was when their plebiscite elected generals, heads of state, commanders of legio...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate