This one's a few days late, but 2060 years ago as of March 15, in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated by a conspiracy of Senators who disagreed with his lust for power and his populist reforms during the late Republic. It set the stage for the rise of the Second Triumvirate and the Principate (early Empire, which preserved traditional republican forms of government, but with one man really holding all the strings). Within a decade and a half of Caesar's death, Augustus would be master of Rome and the Senate would never be in charge again.

I'm listening to an audio book about Caesar right now.  :o

I dislike like how Roman society functioned, but it was probably better than everyone else back then.  ;D

I'm listening to an audio book about Caesar right now.  :o

I dislike like how Roman society functioned, but it was probably better than everyone else back then.  ;D


I was never a big fan of the Romans, but I liked of how they controlled most of Europe for a long time.

I'm listening to an audio book about Caesar right now.  :o

I dislike like how Roman society functioned, but it was probably better than everyone else back then.  ;D


The book "Caesar" by Theodore Ayrault Dodge is brilliant. Here's the final chapter, wonderfully written, comparing Alexander, Caesar, and Hannibal.

https://books.google.com/books?id=4q5WAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA755&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false