Julius Caesar actually had very little impact on our government today. Today's governments are sometimes based on Roman ideas, but they were not Caesar's ideas. Caesar was a man of his times and he gained office by following the Roman rules, which were different from ours. About the only impact that could be connected to him is the two-party system. Caesar was a populist, or liberal in today's terms and his opponents were the optimates, or conservatives.
The crowd has turned from praise of Pompey to praising Caesar for defeating Pompey with apparent ease. A fickle electorate, swaying with the wind of the moment, is part of the reality of American government.
Julius Caesar modernized the calendar. What is known as the Julian Calendar is still used in some instances today.
The most famous and lasting reform Julius Caesar introduced was a new calendar which, with the exception of one day every century, is still used by everyone in the world today.
Julius Caesar was deified and considered a god as an honor after his death, by the Roman people. However in the east he was worshiped as a god while he was alive because it was the custom of the people in the eastern part of the empire to worship their rulers as living gods.
Julius Caesar was honored by the Roman senate with all sorts of distinguishments. Today they may seem trivial, but to the Romans they were exceptional. Some of the honors were : he could wear his laurel crown all the time, he had an ivory chair when he made a public appearance, he was allowed to ride in a coach in the city, he was made dictator for life.
Yes Julius Caesar had what is now know today as epilepsy.
Julius Caesar had established the calender that is still in use today
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar the Younger was born to a Patrician (middle class) family. His father was also named Gaius Julius Caesar. In those days it was more common to have your father's name than it is today.
The crowd has turned from praise of Pompey to praising Caesar for defeating Pompey with apparent ease. A fickle electorate, swaying with the wind of the moment, is part of the reality of American government.
Julius Caesar modernized the calendar. What is known as the Julian Calendar is still used in some instances today.
12 month calendar
Julius Caesar Scaliger was born on April 23, 1484 and died on October 21, 1558. Julius Caesar Scaliger would have been 74 years old at the time of death or 531 years old today.
very old because he is dead, very dead
they did whatever the leaders told them to do
The most famous and lasting reform Julius Caesar introduced was a new calendar which, with the exception of one day every century, is still used by everyone in the world today.
Julius Caesar did not create the calender, he reformedthe calender. Calenders had been around for centuries before Caesar, but the Roman calender was hopelessly out of date. Caesar, along with the Egyptian astronomers reformed the calendar into what we, today, call the Julian calender. It is still used in some religious services today.