CAESAR - POPULARIS, DICTATOR

Caesar ‘had no plans for basic social and constitutional reform.’ - not primarily a social reformer

Ernst Badian

Caesar ‘was known as a popularis of a particular sort… but not a demagogue.’ - was a moderate popularis who did not adopt the most radical popularis proposals

Robert Morstein-Marx

Being a popularis was ‘a certain method of political working, to use the populace, rather than the senate…’ - some points of his career he could be seen as a popularis

Christian Meier

Caesar ‘substantially reduced the number of grain recipients in Rome during his dictatorship.’ - had more in common with the optimates than the populares

Henrik Mouritsen

Caesar had not ‘planned from the outset of his career to overthrow the republic and seize power.’ - no plan to achieve absolute power

Rex Warner

Caesar was driven by ‘ambition’ and ‘avarice.’ - motivated by entirely selfish reasons

P. A. Brunt

Caesar may have believed that ‘the republic’s institutions… should be able to continue to [evolve] in the future’ - rule was a new version of the republic that had adapted to the current times

David Shotter

‘A monarch de facto Caesar certainly became.’ - effectively a king

Michael Crawford

Caesar had no ‘intention of converting his dictatorship into a monarchy.’ - did not plan to become king

Jane F. Gardner