Imperial Image Written Sources

R.G 1

• - “I liberated the republic” / Caesar known for opposing the republic

R.G 2

• + I drove into exile those men who had murdered my father” evokes sympathy for Caesar, ‘father’ suggests emotional bond, revenge for his father

• - “legal means” Caesar was not renowned for his legality

R.G 3

• + “I pardoned all the citizens who asked for mercy” Clemency/ Clementia

• - “to all I assigned lands or gave money as rewards for military service” generous to veterans as Caesar was

R.G 15

• + “I paid out from my father’s will three hundred sesterces and, in my own name, four hundred sesterces from war booty”