{{more footnotes, date=April 2020 The term Acta Caesaris (Acts of Caesar) is used to describe the published and unpublished legal acts passed or planned by

Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...

in his position as

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prior to his assassination. Notably, the ''Acta Caesaris'' included: *Certain acts passed and already enforced, such as the conferment of numerous offices to members of the populares and the

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. For example, Mark Anthony was appointed co-consul of Caesar. By an agreement between the

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and Mark Anthony, all of Caesar's appointments were preserved. *A number of acts passed but yet to be enforced, such as the distribution of provinces for the following years. Decimus Brutus, for example, was awarded the province of Cisalpine Gaul. This was contested by Mark Anthony and led to the war of ''

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'' in 43 BC. *The completion of Caesar's reforms and unpublished acts. For example, the second triumvirate legally merged Cisalpine Gaul into Italy in 42 BC as planned by Julius Caesar (and in part already realized with the extension of Roman citizenship to that region in 49 BC).

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presented himself to the masses as the continuator of Caesar's programs. For a number of years after the death of Caesar, the legal value of the ''acta caesaris'' was contested. Many argued that, if Caesar was a tyrant, all of his acts were to be abolished.

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