Friday, April 25, 2008

Caesar and Cleopatra part 2


Well, Caesar started to love Cloepatra so much that he said he would help her. For five months, Caesar's army fought friends of the Pharaoh. Then, the Pharaoh died and Cleopatra became the ruler.

Caesar had to leave because the Senators came back to Rome and wanted to defeat Caesar. Caesar had to go to Asia Minor first because he had to defeat people who were trying to free themselves from Roman rule. He defeated them in a very short war. People asked Caesar, "How did you do that?" and Caesar said, "I came, I saw, I conquored!" When he got back to Rome, people had a big parade for Caesar and it lasted four days! Then Caesar put a golden statue of Cleopatra in the temple of Venus. The Senators got an army together in Africa and told them to invade Rome so that they could defeat Caesar. They thought that Caesar had all the power and that made them feel very upset. So Caesar went to fight the Africans. Caesar won.

He went back to Rome. The Consuls made him Dictator for life. So, when he came back he had lots of power and he helped his soldiers find jobs and gave them places to live and he asked the poor people to move with the soldiers. The soldiers and the poor people didn't have to move there. He made a trench so that people could grow crops. Julis Caesar change the Roman calander, built new roads, and built a forum for people to meet.

Making Caesar Dictator for Life changed the country because they couldn't do anything, they couldn't disagree with him, they couldn't kick him out, they couldn't do anything. Caesar started to get really bossy, acting like a king. He wanted to have his face on a new coin, but only dead rulers could have their faces on a coin. That made people very upset. A group of Senators said that they wantd Caesar gone and they did not want him in charge for ever, so they decided to kill him.
What's going to happen to Caesar?

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