Yes, although you put the whole situation in a much better context.Ĭan somebody please give me a brief history of events that led up to julius caesar's assassination, who did it, why, and whats the impact on the roman empire please.
One good documentary i remember took an italian CSI type detective and let him reconstruct events surrounding the murder, last movements etc.
I find it very hard to believe that the OP cannot find any reasonable ones. There are more books and websites and documentaries on Caesar, and this period than you can shake a stick at. impact on the world of Roman control and influence.would this satisfy? If so the question is entirely valid.įor a quick overview WIKI is probably the best bet, as Inhuman pointed out Octavian/Augustus later denied powers of Imperium (particularly Imperium Maius) to other generals so becoming sole Imperator.the source of our word emperor. It could be argued that the empire existed before under the Senate and numerous Imperators. but there are other dates/events which could just as readily be used.the Settlement of 27BC being a strong one. Although for Historical purposes the Late Republican period and the Imperial period are usually split by the Battle of Actium for convenience sake. Rome had governed overseas territories well before this. In the Senate, Pompey must defend the prolonged absence of his friend and co-Consul Caesar against charges of corruption.It didn't have /any/ impact on the Roman Empire, as the Roman Empire wasn't created till 20 years later. He's saddened however when he receives news from his good friend Pompey Magnus that his daughter, Pompey's wife, has died in childbirth.
With his campaign in Gaul coming to a successful conclusion, Caesar's popularity is continuing to grow. 'The Stolen Eagle.' In Gaul in 52 B.C., two Roman soldiers, Legionary Titus Pullo and Centurion Lucius Vorenus, are tasked with recovering Julius Caesar's personal Eagle, stolen from his camp in the dead of night. In this historical drama, the turbulent transition from Roman republic to autocratic empire, which changed world history through civil war and wars of conquest, is sketched both from the aristocratic viewpoint of Julius Caesar, his family, his adopted successor Octavian Augustus, and their political allies and adversaries, and from the politically naive viewpoint of a few ordinary Romans, notably the soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo and their families. In the process, she reveals a more intriguing portrait of not just the monster, but the man. Above all, she explains why Caligula has ended up with such a seemingly unredeemable reputation. Piecing together the evidence, Mary puts Caligula back into the context of his times to reveal an astonishing story of murder, intrigue and dynastic family power.
#GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR DOCUMENTARY TRIAL#
Such as in the extraordinary luxury of his private yachts outside Rome in the designs he chose for his coins when he became Emperor in an eye-witness account of Caligula's withering humour written in 41AD the trial documents covering the mysterious death of his father when he was just seven-years-old and even in a record of his imperial slaves - from the palace spy to his personal trainer. Some stories are difficult to get to the bottom of as they were written by hacks long after his death, but there is plenty of surviving evidence where the 'real' Caligula can be glimpsed. All that in just four short years in power before a violent and speedy assassination in a back alley of his own palace at just 28-years-old." But how much of his story is true? Travelling across the Roman world - from Germany and Capri in the bay of Naples to the astonishing luxury of his life in imperial Rome - Mary attempts to peel away the myths. He was said to have made his horse a consul, proclaimed himself a living God, and indulged in scandalous orgies - even with his own three sisters - and that's before you mention building vast bridges across land and sea, prostituting senators' wives and killing half the Roman elite seemingly on a whim. Caligula has now become known as Rome's most capricious tyrant, and the stories told about him are some of the most extraordinary told about any Roman emperor. Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus - better known to us as Caligula.
Two thousand years ago one of history's most notorious individuals was born.
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