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The Rest Is History · January 22, 2024 · 52m
Julius Caesar: The Rise and Fall of a Roman Colossus
Tom and Dominic trace Caesars path from patrician youth to dictator: how a brilliant military commander and political genius destroyed the Roman Republic while claiming to save it.
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Highlights
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Caesar did not destroy the Republic — the Republic was already dying. Caesar was the symptom, not the cause.
Holland argues that blaming Caesar for the fall of the Republic reverses cause and effect. The Republic was already broken by wealth inequality, political violence, and institutional decay. Caesar exploited a system that was already failing.•
The assassination of Caesar proves that removing a strongman does not restore the institutions he exploited
Holland notes that the senators who killed Caesar expected the Republic to resume functioning. Instead, the assassination produced 17 more years of civil war and the permanent end of republican government.Was this useful?