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Part of Julius Caesar's tyranny was his work to cancel the debt of common people and redistribute land- Debt owed to wealthy (the senate), and land 'owned' (sei
by 21723 5y ago
Part of Julius Caesar's tyranny was his work to cancel the debt of common people and redistribute land- Debt owed to wealthy (the senate), and land 'owned' (seized from the public) by the wealthy (the senate).
That's not "part of [his] tyranny." That's a good thing that he did. He was also a tyrant in some ways, because people are complicated, and lots of people do a fairly even mix of good and bad.
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- monkeycantype 5y agoAt risk of over explaining, I think the parent commenter agrees with you. The word tyranny is likely used because that word conveys the impression most people formed in school history classes of his actions - actions which motivated his peers to to assassinate him. But the comment finishes with : "there could be good reason to put a flower on his grave." Indicating that the actions described as 'tyranny' might in fact be actions we would agree with, and that the assassins may not be the heroes of the story.
- bawolff 5y agoAlso, historically the word tyrant didn't solely mean "evil" so much as someone who subverted the existing power structures. Nonetheless, i'm sure the people who had their property redistributed were pretty unammused.