Gaerget Case

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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