Dictators, Yes or No?

The Romans were tired of dictators and their power. After Caesar's death, they elected his adopted son, "Augustus", the Roman power. I truly do not agree with the fact that he was not a dictator. He attempted, and succeeded to hypnotize his people into thinking he was fair. In this post, I will demonstrate some of the ways in which he hypnotized. Come on, lets begin.

The first and most important aspect, would be the public appearance and actions.Augustus especially payed attention to this fact. He was kind and perfect in the eyes of the people, but few did know the inside of him. In the textbook, the early empire part, it states that Augustus avoided to be called king. Instead, he wanted to be called the "first citizen". Although this is a fair name, it already arises many discussions. Why first, why not just "the citizen"? These are the factors that Augustus payed attention to. He was a real smart emperor, and he used his intelligence with great care. He knew, that once he had the peoples pride and honor, it would allow him to achieve many glories. After all, the first major factor was pleasing the people, then pleasing yourself.

The second reason in which I believe that Augustus was a dictator is because he had total power over the Roman Republic. He controlled the military troops and appointed the government officials. He had a real hand with power over the Romans. Augustus conducted the Roman world and everything went his way. As I mentioned earlier, the population was hypnotized and could not clear their minds with the thoughts of Augustus' actions.

Although Augustus achieved many improvements to make life easier, you can put the puzzle together and find out he wasn't really fair and did not think about his people. Firstly, the public actions, in my opinion, were all well developed tricks. Once the people were on his side, he knew he would dominate. Secondly, the power he had was also overwhelming. Augustus controlled the military and government, therefore he could run Rome with great ease. Once again, the people come in effect because they backed up all his actions. Finally, his basic feelings, actions and emotions were harsh and straight. Once he announced, "I found Rome built of sun-dried bricks. I leave her covered in marble". This is of course true, but it is easy to notice the selfishness in which he stated this. Once again, I truly believe that Augustus was another dictator.

In conclusion, Augustus was just another ordinary dictator, but with much more brains and trickery. Once he fooled the people, he knew he would dominate and every part of his plan worked. In the public, Augustus was a normal ruler, but inside, he wanted to take advantage of every single move.

Roman Genius and Their Achievements

Along with Greeks, the Romans also really had an influence to our modern world. In this post, I will explore the ways in which the Romans did their work and advanced. The first major factor that I want to bring up is surely architecture. The Greeks contained of great engineers that did a lot of work in building and structuring important building aspects. The first major factors would surely be the aqueducts and even bridges, that are, in these days, a necessity of life. The second major factor would probably be the invention of cement. Once again, cement is very important and major in communication and without it, the world would have many problems. The second aspect I am going to look at would be the government and organization. The Romans surely were started with the advance of government by introducing lawyers, judges and courts. Along with this fact, the decision making became more advanced and impartial. Along with this, organization also flourished. There were individual rights and people settled and cooperated in a logical way. To sum this off, the aspect of organization and government was stabled when it came to Rome. The third aspect I will be explaining would be the advance in religion and culture. Although the Romans took many of their literature and culture from the Greeks, they fined tuned it a bit. They arose awareness of education and also referred to that a lot. Education was a huge thing in Rome because they had teachers from Greece come to fulfill the needs of education. Along with religion and culture, comes artisans and beautification. The Romans once again dominated in making a marvelous empire. They established statues, paintings and many more. Although some of the ideas were taken from Greece, you have to give the Romans some credit to. The final factor I wanted to talk about would be the military and territory protection. As we all know, the Romans were one of the strongest armies and were very territorial. If you look at it, they were the base to build upon. They made leaders and separated into legions, which is sort of like the divisions in the police and military. Another factor would be the intensity and how victorious the Romans were. They would never give up and these are the types of aspects the military holds. After all, these are the factors that compose the effect of Romans on the modern world. Without them, life will surely be much more challenging.