3 ms·
>We don’t criticise Julius Caesar for taking Gaulish slaves The Roman Senate absolutely did. Caesar was to be put on trial for the atrocities he perpetrated, w
by rgblambda 6y ago
>We don’t criticise Julius Caesar for taking Gaulish slaves
The Roman Senate absolutely did. Caesar was to be put on trial for the atrocities he perpetrated, which is why he decided to seize power in the first place.
- sonthonax 6y agoThat’s true, but it wasn’t the enslaving itself they took issue with. It was his provocations of a historical foe, the breach of treaties, and the dictatorial power he accumulated by doing so. His critics like Cato weren’t abolitionists, if it was to him, the plebeians might have been slaves too (exaggeration).