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Why did Julius Caesar want to be a dictator

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A Short answer, to save his life. Long answer, he was an ambitious man who would rather be the first man of a barbarian village than the second man of Rome. If they had high powered officials as enemies, as Caesar did, this likely meant the death penalty....

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Short answer- to save his life. Long answer, he was an ambitious man who would rather be the first man of a barbarian village than the second man of Rome. If they had high powered officials as enemies, as Caesar did, this likely meant the death penalty.

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