HIST 1061 Lecture 22: Caesar the Dictator
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Caesar is now the only member of the triumvirate still standing. He has all the power and nobody can stop him. Caesar"s first act as dictator is to put his face o(cid:374) all of the coi(cid:374)age so citize(cid:374)s k(cid:374)ow he"s the (cid:373)a(cid:374) in charge. He then creates a calendar which we still use today. It is called the julian calendar and the month named after caesar specifically is july, my birthday. The 2nd month on the julian calendar named after a roman dictator is august for augustus. Only four of them are started before his assassination. Most of them were for religious and political reconstruction in the. Caesar wanted another forum built called the caesar"s new foru(cid:373). This foru(cid:373) sets the standard for all future forums built because it is that awesome. Caesar then tore down the old basilica and rebuilt one named the basilica julia. It is massive and it sadly no longer exists.
