Gaerget Case
Essay by Maxi • March 25, 2012 • Essay • 4,489 Words (18 Pages) • 1,346 Views
Gelzer-
* Luck is a factor in Caesar's career.
* People would think he was divinely guided because of his luck.
* Immense fortune.
* Didn't have a bodyguard as he was relying on his luck.
* 'his opponents failed to recognise the far-reaching change which his intervention had produced in the structure of the Empire'.
* Some senators were happy with Caesar's arrangements, not all the senators were with the assassins.
* Assassins blinded to the fact that the Republic was dead and that they could restore it.
* 'intolerable servitude'.
* Oligarchy replaced by military monarchy that brought peace. Caesar remains the victor as military monarchy continued despite his death.
* 'master of politics', 'practical politician through and through' - praises.
* 'comprehensive whole' to Caesar's reforms- opposes Hoyos.
* 'the combination of statesman and general in his person was unique'.
* Made a disastrous mistake in attacking the dead Cato.
I Caesar- The Big Picture
Academics
Dr Christopher Kelly- Cambridge (CK)
Dr Averill Cameron- Oxford (AC)
Prof Keith Hopkins- Cambridge (KH)
Dr Andrew Wallace-Hadrill- British School at Rome (AW)
Peter Connolly- Roman Historian (PC)
Family Expectations
'on the edge of the political elite' - AC
'expectation of high achievement' - AW
'vain, poor... spoilt child' - PC
'restore family name' - CK
Urban Poor
'floating voters' - AC
Gelzer-
* Luck is a factor in Caesar's career.
* People would think he was divinely guided because of his luck.
* Immense fortune.
* Didn't have a bodyguard as he was relying on his luck.
* 'his opponents failed to recognise the far-reaching change which his intervention had produced in the structure of the Empire'.
* Some senators were happy with Caesar's arrangements, not all the senators were with the assassins.
* Assassins blinded to the fact that the Republic was dead and that they could restore it.
* 'intolerable servitude'.
* Oligarchy replaced by military monarchy that brought peace. Caesar remains the victor as military monarchy continued despite his death.
* 'master of politics', 'practical politician through and through' - praises.
* 'comprehensive whole' to Caesar's reforms- opposes Hoyos.
* 'the combination of statesman and general in his person was unique'.
* Made a disastrous mistake in attacking the dead Cato.
I Caesar- The Big Picture
Academics
Dr Christopher Kelly- Cambridge (CK)
Dr Averill Cameron- Oxford (AC)
Prof Keith Hopkins- Cambridge (KH)
Dr Andrew Wallace-Hadrill- British School at Rome (AW)
Peter Connolly- Roman Historian (PC)
Family Expectations
'on the edge of the political elite' - AC
'expectation of high achievement' - AW
'vain, poor... spoilt child' - PC
'restore family name' - CK
Urban Poor
'floating voters' - AC
'popular politician' - ACGelzer-
* Luck is a factor in Caesar's career.
* People would think he was divinely guided because of his luck.
* Immense fortune.
* Didn't have a bodyguard as he was relying on his luck.
* 'his opponents failed to recognise the far-reaching change which his intervention had produced in the structure of the Empire'.
* Some senators were happy with Caesar's arrangements, not all the senators were with the assassins.
* Assassins blinded to the fact that the Republic was dead and that they could restore it.
* 'intolerable servitude'.
* Oligarchy replaced by military monarchy that brought peace. Caesar remains the victor as military monarchy continued despite his death.
* 'master of politics', 'practical politician through and through' - praises.
* 'comprehensive whole' to Caesar's reforms- opposes Hoyos.
* 'the combination of statesman and general in his person was unique'.
* Made a disastrous mistake in attacking the dead Cato.
I Caesar- The Big Picture
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