The three-part docuseries, “Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator” will broadcast at 6 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, on New Mexico PBS’ World, channel 5.4. It is also available to stream on the PBS app.
Caesar implements a program of reforms, even amending the Roman calendar. When Caesar returns to Rome after three years fighting a civil war against Pompey, the city is in dire straits. Caesar is made ...
When Caesar fails to stand for a delegation of Senators, it is seen as a symbolic moment. Caesar has been made Dictator for Ten Years. Those Senators who want to further their careers need to win ...
Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words czar and kaiser, now mostly out of ...
He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.
Julius Caesar had become Rome’s first dictator after 49 B.C., when the republic was faltering, after leading soldiers who’d become loyal to Caesar while abroad, returned to Italy by crossing the ...
Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words “czar” and “kaiser,” now mostly out ...
JULIUS CAESAR still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words czar and kaiser, now mostly out of ...