![]() ![]() He later passed a law that limits the terms of governors in office. He appointed his own partisans to minimize the risk of an appraising against him. By 47 BCE, the Senate had been so depleted that Caesar had to appoint new senators. He later incited the impeachment of two obstructive tribunes. The Senate accused him of committing several violations including forcibly opening the treasury. Veto authority allowed Caesar to be sacrosanct. ![]() In 48 BCE, Julius Caesar was allocated tribunician powers which allowed him to veto the Senate. The middle and lower class societies of Rome protested the murder of Caesar and initiated the Liberators' civil war that led to the Principate period of the Roman Empire. The Roman senators led by Gaius Cassius Longinus, Marcus Junius Brutus, and Decimus Junius Brutus orchestrated an assassination plan, and on March 15, 44 BCE they led Caesar to the Theatre of Pompey where they stabbed him. The senators feared that Julius Caesar’s regime was turning into a tyranny and declared him a dictator perpetuo (dictator in perpetuity). After assuming office, Caesar became popular among the Romans citizens in that he overshadowed the governing senate. Julius Caesar, as he is popularly referred to, began his conquest of power as a Roman General before venturing into Roman politics. Gaius Julius Caesar was a dictator of the Roman Republic who served in office between October 49 BCE to March 44 BCE. ![]()
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