Julius Caesar Part 3: Murder in the Senate
Real Dictators
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The Legacy of Julius Caesar
The real problem with Caesar's murderers is they genuinely don't seem to have had a plan for what happens next. They thought that you kill Caesar and it all goes back to normal, but the Roman Republic hadn't been normal for a hundred years. Octavian makes sure he's got the name of Caesar and a whole load of other Caesar-related names in there. It's a little bit like JFK in a sense. He dies before his career is complete. So therefore, he's looked at in a very positive light. And perhaps people are less critical than they might have been. Over time, Caesar becomes a title, which is why it then becomes the basis for Kaiser and Ts
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