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He, Octavian, and Marc Antony overthrew the republic. He made himself into a bad guy. Coming from a patrician family (the Julii, through his father; his mothe
by gumby 3y ago
He, Octavian, and Marc Antony overthrew the republic. He made himself into a bad guy.
Coming from a patrician family (the Julii, through his father; his mother was of more significant birth), he was hardly a man of the people. He took a traditional Patrician path to power (priest, war, tribune, governor, imperator, author, senator ...)
- ffgjgf1 3y agoAlmost all of his conservative opponents like Pompey, Cicero or Cato were not patricians on the other hand.
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- gumby 3y agoThe fact that Pompey and Cicero were patricians is irrelevant. None of them really had the interest of the masses at heart. Increasing the grain allotment made Caesar no more a man of the people than becoming a tribune had. Augustus did much more in that regard (he personally paid off the public debt!) and he was no man of the people either.