Explanation: The importance of Julius Caesar’s actions in the fall of the Roman Republic remain hotly debated, including his intentions, the political context which triggered his actions, and the value of the increasingly aristocratic and plutocratic Republic itself.
Intense partisanship can rear its head even amongst academics over whether Caesar was a tyrant or a reformer at heart.
king_comrade@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Does this meme argue that Caesar wasn’t a tyrant? He commited genocide…
PugJesus@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
The notion of Caesar committing genocide requires mixing modern estimates of Gaul’s population with Caesar’s inflated numbers of the ‘grandeur’ and scale of his victory; and assuming intent when Caesar’s actions clearly are not oriented towards the destruction of the Gauls and, in fact, he goes through great lengths to maintain extant native Gallic political institutions and leadership.
The issue of whether Caesar was a tyrant is separate from his imperialism in Gaul.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
He would even receive envoys from Gaul and get reprimanded by them on occasion
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