The Roman Empire - Rome's Got a Benevolent Dictator

Cesar's putting a cap on something that's been happening for a while, which is that the institutions of the republic are being torn apart. So he's making it more overt by doing things like wear purple all the time. And also, we start to get these little events right towards the end of his life, where he shows no respect for the senate. He seems to be courting a the people around him to declare him as a king, or declare him as something above the system. But at the same time, mark antony will certainly. Its quite a long, nasty letter, that one. We we could have a whole series on that.