Assigning someone to control the spread of grain Caesar had cut down the number of grain receivers to 150,000 to 320,000 (Fife, 2012). Even after Caesars death he had tried to help the people of Rome. Caesar left his villa, the surrounding gardens and his private art collection all were made public for the use of Roman citizens. A surprising move in my mind was Julius Caesar leaving all of his money to be spread throughout all the Roman citizens (Fife, 2012).
Julius Caesar started off as brilliant reformer and savior of Rome, doing extraordinary things with all of his power. Caesar was moved at a faster tempo then his rivals, this was a huge advantage for him to be able to get a step further in the game. Julius Caesar was a great leader for his men, he was a strategist and new how to gain success in any battle that was thrown his way. Their loyalty was with him and not of Rome. but this loyalty was made by money not just close respect. Caesar was a master of politics controlling his men and improving the name of Rome in any way possible, Caesar was a military and political genius. This man started off by conquering and spreading Romes empire, building roads and sharing land from the rich to the lower class it was almost too good. If he was going to do such things he was going to receive great power from Rome his name would grow bigger than Rome and this is what would hurt him in the end. When he looked in the mirror he saw a king and nothing less than that and he even would try to portray himself as a king outside of his self-confident view. Caesar would walk through the streets dressed in kings robes to show him of greater importance and power (Brown,2006). Caesar tried to establish a monarchy and he tried to achieve much more than just a Roman dictator. Caesar came to want all the power and rule of Rome, Julius wanted to make all decisions for every one. He was beginning to abuse his power in Rome.
