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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8168923, member: 87809&quot;]Since [USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] started this thread I was pondering whether to give or not my opinion. I made up my mind and will do it:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julius Caesar powerful vitality was violently brought to an end on March 15, 44 BC in the midst of a Senate session. It is noteworthy that none of his senate colleagues, friends, protégés not even tried to defend or protect Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>This thread is not the place to tell the generally well-known details of the Republican rejection and conspiracy of the <i>Nobiles</i> against the developing monarchical reign of Julius Caesar. They murdered the man who with the sure sight of the genial statesman and with the strong grip of Imperator had given peace to the empire and would have been able to stir the state out from social upheaval and civil wars. </p><p><br /></p><p>His military power as Imperator was unsurpassed. His soldiers were loyal to him and not to the Republic. </p><p>Exceptional were also the political and administrative measures that he took based on his army, his personality, his charisma&nbsp; and on his popularity. The Senate had overwhelmed him with honors (Pater Patriae, the month of Sextilis was renamed after him, temples were erected, Dictator Perpetuus, censor for life, etc).</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to name a few of his measures:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. He systematically reorganized the provinces incorporating them into the Roman Empire, not only administratively but also socially.</p><p>2. He reformed the coin system and controlled the finances of the state and personally appointed the members of the Tres Viri Monetalis.</p><p>3. His plans for the future were among others: the campaign against the Parthians, improvement of the sanitary infrastructure in Rome, reallocation of the Tiber riverbed, expansion of the canalization network and of the Pomerium, drainage of the Pontinum swamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>The success of the murderers brought to the Roman Empire a new wave of cruel brotherly battles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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