>>213753595
The king shit was just justification. The real run down is that Caesar was stripping the old noble elites of their power, and just like today, when you upset the status quo of elites you end up dead.
The long story is Rome was in turmoil for decades before Caesar because all of the rich nobles were buying up all the land and having their slaves work on it. This restricted regular Roman citizens from work and living wages with an increasing wealth disparity year by year (sound familiar?). Caesar campaigned off this platform of supporting the common Roman citizen by introducing new opportunities and focusing on a meritocracy rather than relying on your family name and wealth. He even introduced Gallic elites, veterans of the war, and equestrians into the Senate, which many of the old members considered savages or low class and underserving of he honor (because up until that point, you had to have that wealth and lineage to even consider getting into the position of Senator). They killed Caesar because he was taking away their control, not just because he was pompous. Fact of the matter is, all those rich old fucks were all pompous anyways.
Common Romans loved Caesar. He also never celebrated the slaying of other Roman armies, all of his Triumphs were for defeating foreign armies. Caesar knew politics well and knew it was distasteful to even consider that. You definitely need to watch more Historia Civilis.
>>213751735
Caesar only marched on Rome because the Pompeians were trying to strip Caesar of his governership of Gaul and proconsul because they wanted to drag him through the courts and strip him of his honors under the context of committing massacres and plunders in Gaul.
Those two titles gave Caesar temporary legal immunity, similar to how an active US president cannot be criminally tried or prosecuted. Caesar did NOT want to march on Rome, cause a civil war, or even cause strife considering he lived through Sulla just a few decades prior.
