As dictator, Caesar is currently implementing a swathe of social and economic reforms. He already seems to hold sway over time itself with his recently introduced Julian calendar, yet every day now seems to bring with it new sweeping changes to Roman life... #LiveIdes
He conducted a throrough census, putting local landlords to the task, which has cut by more than half the number of households drawing free grain. Similarly, he charged praetors with the accurate updating of the electoral register, removing the names of all dead men... #LiveIdes
He has disbanded the collegia, which had become dangerous to public order, and increased the penalties for crime. Murderers even of high rank will have their entire property seized and senators convicted of extortion will be dismissed... #LiveIdes
With population dwindling in the wake of the deadly Civil War and mass transfer of veterans to overseas colonies, Caesar has forbidden young men from leaving Italy for more than 3 years and senator's sons are not to travel abroad unless accompanying a magistrate... #LiveIdes
Similarly, foreign medical doctors and teachers of the liberal arts have been granted Roman citizenship in the hopes of keeping them in Rome and to cultivate the city as an intellectual centre of learning... #LiveIdes
The popularis Caesar seems to defend the rights of the Roman worker; he has raised tariffs on goods of foreign manufacture and demanded that at least a third of hands employed on farms are freeborn... #LiveIdes
Yet strict new laws on luxury and morality are raising eyebrows across the city, coming as they do from the flamboyant Caesar. Travelling by litter has been forbidden and the wearing of pearls or the colour purple has been all but banned... #LiveIdes
Caesar has placed inspectors around the city to implement these luxury laws, seizing outlawed delicacies being sold at markets and even entering patrician dining rooms to remove illegal dishes that have been served. #LiveIdes
