Introduction, establish the power hungry players who went to any measure to gain more power for themselves.
Paragraph 1- How Caesar helped end the republic during his life by retaining his emergency dictator powers, however during the war with Pompey he appeared quite reasonable, such as suggesting that they both lay down their arms and let the people decide PAGE 285 fall of the Roman Republic
Paragraph 2- How Pompey caused to end of the republic by insighting civil war
Paragraph 3- How Octavian ended the republic by naming himself emperor and officially bringing to an end
Paragraph 4- How the conspirators caused the end of the Republic by killing Caesar
Paragraph 5- How the Senate ended the republic by looking out for their own selfish interests and being easily manipulated
Conclusion
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Essay thinking
I am currently trying to create and essay plan for the question "To what extent was Julius Caesar responsible for the fall of the Roman Republic".
At the moment I am thinking about what Caesar did during his life to give himself more and more power during the wars, as well as in his death as he made Octavian his heir who then became the first emperor offically ending the Roman Republic. I will also however have to consider how Caesar was offered a crown and turned it down and how Octavian becoming emperor was not entirely his fault as others gave him the honor.
At the moment I am thinking about what Caesar did during his life to give himself more and more power during the wars, as well as in his death as he made Octavian his heir who then became the first emperor offically ending the Roman Republic. I will also however have to consider how Caesar was offered a crown and turned it down and how Octavian becoming emperor was not entirely his fault as others gave him the honor.
Monday, 26 May 2014
Friday, 9 May 2014
Bibliography
Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic, Penguin, London, 2005.
Beard, M., The Fall of the Roman Republic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/fallofromanrepublic_article_01.shtml.(Accessed 18/4/2014).
Finnie, M., Fall of the Roman Republic and Julius Ceasar. http://www.slideshare.net/crtfinnie/fall-of-the-roman-republic-and-julius-caesar. (Accessed 5/5/2014).
Benedetto, D., Augustus- Rise to Power. http://www.slideshare.net/danieldibenedetto/augustus-presentation. (Accessed 6/5/2014).
The Fall of the Roman Republic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpzDiqb3xo. (Accessed 11/5/2014).
Isenberg, I., Caesar, American Heritage Publishing, New York, 1965.
Masson, G., A Concise History of Republican Rome, Thames and Hudson, Norwich, 1973.
Oeriwne, S., Death of the Roman Republic, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1969.
TO BE PROPERLY REFRENCED
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/tacitus-ann1a.asp
http://classics.mit.edu/Augustus/deeds.html
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/nicolaus.html
Monday, 28 April 2014
Questions
What events led to the fall of the Roman Republic
-Civil Wars
-Octavian being victorious then named Augustus then becoming first Emperor.
When was the fall of the Roman Republic?
-When Caesar's great nephew Octavian/Augustus became the first Emperor
What effect did the Assassination of Julius Caesar have on the fall of the Roman Republic?
-Named Octavian his heir which led to his rise to power to Emperor.
-Sparked final round of Civil Wars inlcuding the Final War of the Roman Repiblic between Antony and Cleopatra against Augustus.
How exactly did Octavian become Augustus and Emperor?
-He went around pretending to support Rome contiuing to be a Republic while also reminding everyone it was him to restored it to that and refused to become dictator despite being offered the position many times.
-In 27BC he layed down all powers and so the Senate named him Augustus to honor him and gave him Imperium and Tribunal powers which gave him control over the legions and allow to veto and politician
-Augustus means the revered one
-He now rules Rome as an Empire and this is the fall of the Roman Republic.
-Civil Wars
-Octavian being victorious then named Augustus then becoming first Emperor.
When was the fall of the Roman Republic?
-When Caesar's great nephew Octavian/Augustus became the first Emperor
What effect did the Assassination of Julius Caesar have on the fall of the Roman Republic?
-Named Octavian his heir which led to his rise to power to Emperor.
-Sparked final round of Civil Wars inlcuding the Final War of the Roman Repiblic between Antony and Cleopatra against Augustus.
How exactly did Octavian become Augustus and Emperor?
-He went around pretending to support Rome contiuing to be a Republic while also reminding everyone it was him to restored it to that and refused to become dictator despite being offered the position many times.
-In 27BC he layed down all powers and so the Senate named him Augustus to honor him and gave him Imperium and Tribunal powers which gave him control over the legions and allow to veto and politician
-Augustus means the revered one
-He now rules Rome as an Empire and this is the fall of the Roman Republic.
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Log
I am considering researching the assassination of Caesar and so I am reading Plutarch's Life of Caesar to start. -16/4/2014
I also just got Plutarch's fall of the Roman Republic as another possible topic- which could also tie in with the assassination of Caesar. 16/4/2014
An article about the fall of the Roman Republic and how it became an Empire- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/fallofromanrepublic_article_01.shtml -18/4/2014
And slideshow to timeline the events leading to the fall of the Roman Republic
http://www.slideshare.net/crtfinnie/fall-of-the-roman-republic-and-julius-caesar -5/5/2014
Thinking more about Caesar's role in the fall of the Roman Republic -6/5/2014
A slideshow detailing Augustus's rise to power
http://www.slideshare.net/danieldibenedetto/augustus-presentation -6/5/2014
Watched a video detailing the fall of the Roman Republic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpzDiqb3xo -11/5/2014
Came up with a final question 26/5/2014
Borrowed two more books from the Library, one simply titles Caesar and the other A Concise History of Republican Rome which has a chapter called the End of the Republic- 24/6/2014
Did some deeper reading into A Concise History of Republican Rome, focusing on the civil war chapter and then noticed Pompey having quite effect on the events which lead to the fall. Then I read the chapter on Pompey in Plutarch's The fall of the Roman Republic and revised my essay plan to include him, the conspirators and the senate as separate paragraphs on how they ended the republic -10/8/2014
Began writing draft- 18/8/2014
Handed up full draft- 22/8/2014
Started fixing up draft, mostly phrasing issues and a few more examples required -1/9/2014
Continued to add examples into the special study up until I was satisfied it was completed - 6/9/2014
I also just got Plutarch's fall of the Roman Republic as another possible topic- which could also tie in with the assassination of Caesar. 16/4/2014
An article about the fall of the Roman Republic and how it became an Empire- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/fallofromanrepublic_article_01.shtml -18/4/2014
And slideshow to timeline the events leading to the fall of the Roman Republic
http://www.slideshare.net/crtfinnie/fall-of-the-roman-republic-and-julius-caesar -5/5/2014
Thinking more about Caesar's role in the fall of the Roman Republic -6/5/2014
A slideshow detailing Augustus's rise to power
http://www.slideshare.net/danieldibenedetto/augustus-presentation -6/5/2014
Watched a video detailing the fall of the Roman Republic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjpzDiqb3xo -11/5/2014
Came up with a final question 26/5/2014
Borrowed two more books from the Library, one simply titles Caesar and the other A Concise History of Republican Rome which has a chapter called the End of the Republic- 24/6/2014
Did some deeper reading into A Concise History of Republican Rome, focusing on the civil war chapter and then noticed Pompey having quite effect on the events which lead to the fall. Then I read the chapter on Pompey in Plutarch's The fall of the Roman Republic and revised my essay plan to include him, the conspirators and the senate as separate paragraphs on how they ended the republic -10/8/2014
Began writing draft- 18/8/2014
Handed up full draft- 22/8/2014
Started fixing up draft, mostly phrasing issues and a few more examples required -1/9/2014
Continued to add examples into the special study up until I was satisfied it was completed - 6/9/2014
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