How do you think the Roman public viewed Caesar? What might they have thought while reading his commentary of the war? How would this book influence the Roman public?
Caesar made the bold move of crossing the Rubicon River with his army and ultimately took full control of Rome by making himself dictator. Do you think that Caesar’s plans to make Rome a better place justified his decision to take control of the city by force? Why or why not?
In what ways do you think that Caesar’s dictatorship was damaging the Roman Republic? In what ways do you think the senators were damaging the Roman Republic?
