What if Ceaser had never been assasinated?

Its an obvious one yes. What if Julius had been warned about the assasination? And having believed the warning he could have goten some of his guard to kil those who would have ben responible. in response he gives himself more emergency power. Eventualy becoming first emporer.
 

Wolfpaw

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Caeser would not have become king or emperor had he survived. He would have, in all likelihood, remained Dictator for Life. After his death there would not have been a power struggle as he would probably have already ensured an orderly succession.

With his major opponents dead or in prison, the Republican system may have evolved into one wherein a Caeser (title) was elected by the Senate for life, but with more limited powers, with a joint rule between the executive and legislative branches.
 
There has been some speculation among historians that Caesar knew about the assassination but that he also knew that the epilepsy he was suffering from was getting worse. As such the theory goes that Caesar's assassination was an ~100bcs version of suicide by cop. Now while I don't personally agree with this theory but its an interesting titbit to throw out.

As for him surviving well he was planning a campaign against Parthia to avenge the death of Crassus and his legions so who knows what events could result from that given that a couple of roman legions had been torn apart by parthian horse archers. Although an experinced general and smart guy like Ceaser would be expected to do a better job than a moneyman like Crassus.

With the succession thing you have to remember that there were a number of capable and powerful men who might succeed Ceaser and who might have a chance of doing so. Some names off the top of my head are Octavian Caesers right hand man and adopted son, Ceaserion his son by Cleopatra Mark Antony one of his top generals, Lepidius another of his top generals, Brutus (assuming he avoids getting implicated in the assassination attempt) etc etc. Presuambly the jockeying for postion among these people after Ceasers death make a renewed Civil war likely and who is to say that the victor wont set himself up as effectivly emperor given the uselessness of the senate by this point.
 
I'm not trying to to nitpick here, but as Dictator-for-life, the only thing separating him from being emperor was the title. As for being warned about the assassination, he was told to "beware the Ides of March" (March 15th) and even though they had come, the day wasn't over yet.
 
What would Shakesphere of written instead of Julius Ceaser? No "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" or "Et tu, Brute"?
 
Pompey Magnus, I'm betting.

"To the historians of his own and later Roman periods, the life of Pompey was simply too good to be true. No more satisfying historical model existed than the great man who achieved extraordinary triumphs through his own efforts, yet fell from power and was, in the end, murdered through treachery.

He was a hero of the Republic, who seemed once to hold the Roman world in his palm only to be brought low by his own poor judgment and Caesar. Pompey was idealized as a tragic hero almost immediately after Pharsalus and his murder: Plutarch portrayed him as a Roman Alexander the Great, pure of heart and mind, destroyed by the cynical ambitions of those around him. It was this portrayal that survived into Renaissance and Baroque portrayals of him, such as Corneille's The Death of Pompey (1642)."

That's wiki-fluff, but the Bard never let the truth get in the way of a good story either. He probably would have tossed in something like "...and btw, Henry VIII and the Tudors are a lot more practical than Pompey but also awesome so you're getting Pompey with the errors fixed with the Tudors!"

Ah, I love paraphrasing Shakespeare's hackery. (That doesn't mean he wasn't a good writer, but that's not why they paid him!)
 
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I'm not trying to to nitpick here, but as Dictator-for-life, the only thing separating him from being emperor was the title.

Eh, it took decades more after his death for anyone man to even gain a kind of control over the Republic. It's not like Caesar had absolute power over the senate, and the whole system was long term unviable with out significantly more bloodshed.
 

Wolfpaw

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Exactly. In the event of his survival, you would have had a republican model develop where power is shared between a powerful Caesar and a weaker (though still powerful and formidable) Senate. Sort of like a presidential republic, unless I'm mistaken.
 
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Stephen

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As the conspiracy involved allot of senators, there execution will lead to a rump puppet senate.
 
It's CAESAR! Why does no one know that sort of thing any more? Or, failing that, look it up? And in a subject line yet.
Seriously. This sort of thing matters if you want people to take you seriously.
 
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