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The Roman Republic – Reasons for change ( Long Term) The Roman Republic lasted for 500 years. . . . Displaced laborers crowded Roman cities and the gap between the wealthy and poor grew. These stresses along with . . Generals began to pay the cities’ unemployed laborers, and professional armies with loyalty to their generals grew . . . The Roman republic – Reasons for Change (Short Term) Julius Caesar was born to an aristocratic family in Rome in about 100 BC. In 60 BC In 59 BC, Caesar’s defeat of the Celts in Gaul and other military victories . With Crassus killed in battle, Pompey backed the Senate in ordering Julius Caesar to give up his army and come back to Rome in 49 BC. . . . In 45 BC Julius Casear became dictator for life. As dictator he: . . . . . . On March 15, 44 BC, Brutus and Cassius led a group of Senators in the assassination of Julius Caesar. They justified it . . End of Republic Julius Casear was followed by his nephew Octavian who formed a second triumvirate with Marc Antony and Marcus Lepidus, top official from Caesar’s government. The second triumvirate divided the empire. Antony married Cleopatra and Octavian declared war on Antony in . . . . Octavian convinced the Senate . . . . . . Octavian called himself Augustus, the Majestic One, and while he claimed to support the Republic, actually became an absolute ruler and began the Roman Empire. Augustus was the first Roman Emperor.