CAESAR'S DICTATORSHIP

      Julius Caesar was once a Dictator in 49-44 BC. One of the biggest crises Caesar had to deal with was the dept of Rome, especially after the Civil War when Lenders demanded repayment loans that also collapsed real estate values. All the civilians saved as much coin as they could and that also made a problem of shortage on coin. Caesar realized that this was a serious situation so he acted back and made it so property must be accepted for repayment at pre-war value. He reinstated a previous law which didn't allow each person to hold more than 60,000 sesterces. Caesar cancelled the interest payments due in 49 BC. He also permitted tenants to pay no rent for a year. In addition to debt Caesar had to think of unemployment. Caesar to try and prevent unemployment he opened jobs to the homeless in the overseas colonies. Caesar ordered buildings to be made to reduce the unemployment numbers and to look like a better city, when he saw Alexandria he could see that Rome needed an upgrade on their appearance. To add on to that he wanted to divert the Tiber River to prevent floods and expand the Roman land. He planned to make a grand temple of Mars and a library but before he could see these buildings constructed he was killed in 44 BC. After that day in his will he distributed his wealth to the citizens (300,000) sesterces to each Citizen. Caesar sought to make Rome a educational and cultural center of the Mediterranean by attracting doctors, teachers, and Lawyers.