Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph. D.

CAESAR MOVED ROME FROM DICTATORSHIP TO EMPIRE

Julius Caesar MOVED Rome FROM DICTATORSHIP TO EMPIRE

ROMAN REPUBLIC AT THE CROSSROADS 

Will the Donald Trump dictatorship become an empire if he annexes Greenland, the Panama Canal Zone, Canada, and Mexico? Washington, D.C., too, has the dictator’s troops securing his control.

By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles)

FAMILY LEGACY

FAMILY LEGACY YOUNG JULIUS WITH MARIUS AND CINNA: Young Caesar stands between his uncle Gaius Marius and father-in-law Lucius Cornelius Cinna.

Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100 BCE. His father died in 85 BCE, leaving him the sudden head of his family. Caesar’s uncle by marriage was General Gaius Marius, whom the young Julius revered as a model of military command and populist leadership. Caesar’s aunt Julia was Marius’s wife, and Caesar himself married Cornelia, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Marius’s closest ally. These ties bound him to the populares cause — a political current that championed the people against the aristocratic Senate.

MARIUS VS. SULLA

MARIUS VS SULLA SULLA MARCHED ON ROME Lucius Cornelius Sulla, on horseback, led his disciplined legions into Rome as panicked citizens scattered, marking the first Roman civil war incursion.

In 88 BCE, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, then consul, received command against Mithridates VI of Pontus. Marius, though old and failing, had the command reassigned to himself. Furious, Sulla marched his army on Rome — the first general ever to do so. Marius fled to Africa but soon returned when allies retook the city.

In 87, with Cinna’s backing, Marius captured Rome and launched a purge of Sulla’s supporters. In 86, he entered his seventh consulship but died weeks later, exhausted and ill.

By 81 BCE, Sulla returned from the East, defeated Marius’s allies, and declared himself dictator. His proscriptions slaughtered thousands.

CAESAR UNDER THREAT

In 85, Caesar’s father died. The teenager, tied to the Marian faction through his marriage to Cornelia, now stood in danger. Sulla ordered him to divorce her; he refused. Stripped of inheritance and priesthood, Caesar fled.

In Asia Minor, Caesar served with distinction. At the siege of Mytilene in 80 BCE, he saved a comrade’s life and earned the corona civica, Rome’s coveted civic crown.

When Sulla retired in 79 and died in 78, Caesar returned to Rome, but found Sulla had confiscated his estates. He turned to law, prosecuting Sulla’s loyalists with fiery brilliance that made him famous as an orator of the populares cause.

THE PIRATES

CAESAR CAPTURED BY PIRATES Caesar, hands tied, smirked on the deck of a pirate ship surrounded by rugged pirates laughing.

In 75 BCE, en route to Rhodes to study rhetoric, pirates captured him. They mocked his youth; he mocked their ignorance. He told them, You should raise my ransom higher; I am worth far more. Amused, they agreed. Later, he warned them, When I am free, I will crucify you all.

Once ransomed, Caesar hunted them down, kept his vow, but slit their throats first in grim mercy. His daring exploits — raiding pirate ships and seizing booty — only raised his renown.

EARLY RISE IN POLITICS

EARLY RISE IN POLITICS: LAVISH GAMES OF CAESAR Caesar, as an Aedile, oversaw grand games in Rome.

By 73 BCE, Caesar secured the priesthood of Pontifex. During the Third Servile War (Spartacus revolt), he gravitated to Marcus Licinius CRASSIUS, the general whose wealth and legions crushed the slave uprising.

When Pompey and Crassus overturned Sulla’s constitution in 70, Caesar’s fortunes rose. He advanced through the cursus honorum. His oratory, Marian heritage, and populist stance made him a natural leader of the populares.

In 69, during his quaestorship in Hispania, he delivered funeral orations for his aunt Julia and for his wife, Cornelia. He dared to display Marius’s images — still banned since Sulla — signaling that the Marian cause lived on in him.

BUILDING POPULARITY

In 65, when he was elected aedile, he dazzled Rome with lavish games, sinking deep into debt but winning mass popularity. Crassus financed his ambitions.

In 63, Caesar stunned Rome by winning the office of pontifex maximus, head of religion, at not yet forty. That same year, whispers linked him to the Catilinarian conspiracy. Though unproven, his defense of leniency for the accused deepened his reputation as a champion of the people.

GOVERNOR AND GENERAL

GOVERNOR AND GENERAL: FIRST TRIUMVIRATE 

Caesar, with Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus, and maps of Gaul spread out.

In 62 BCE, he served as praetor and then as governor of Hispania Ulterior, where he campaigned against rebellious tribes. His victories enriched him, reduced his debts, and gave him loyal troops.

By 60 BCE, poised for the consulship, Caesar forged an informal pact with Pompey, Rome’s greatest general, and Crassus, its richest man. This First Triumvirate gave him the power to win the election as consul for 59 BCE.

CAESAR HAD A LOT OF GAUL

                                                                                                                         THE CONQUEST OF GAUL Caesar stormed Gallic hill forts with flaming missiles and charging infantry.

Between 58 and 50 BCE, Caesar waged eight relentless years of war in Gaul, turning tribal rivalries into stepping stones for Roman power:

    • Helvetii: When the Helvetii tried to migrate, Caesar’s officers urged restraint. Let them pass, General. Caesar retorted, If they march where they please today, tomorrow they will march on Rome. At Bibracte, he crushed them.
    • Ariovistus: Facing Ariovistus and Germanic invaders, Caesar’s men trembled. “They are giants, General. He snapped, If only the Tenth would follow me, I march still. The Germans broke and fled across the Rhine.
    • Belgae: Caesar’s watchword was speed. Strike before they unite. He shattered their alliances with swift attacks. Resisters suffered: he enslaved some towns; in others, he amputated survivors’ hands as warnings carved in flesh.
    • Vercingetorix: At Gergovia, Caesar tasted defeat. His men despaired. Have the gods turned from us? He answered coldly, The gods favor courage. Tomorrow we prove it. At Alesia, he encircled the Gallic host with double walls, crushing the relief force and starving the defenders. Vercingetorix rode out, dismounted, and said, I place myself at your mercy. Gaul was Rome’s.

POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES

POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES: THE SENATE TREMBLED 

The conquest brought Caesar treasure, glory, and an army bound to him alone. The Senate trembled. Cato the Younger thundered, He is already a king in all but name. Cicero warned (as modern scholars now way about Trump).

Pompey, once Caesar’s ally, then feared him. Will you stand idle while Caesar bends Rome to his will? senators pressed. Caesar answered defiantly, Let them try to strip me of command — I will not return defenseless.

THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS

                                                                                                                                                                  CROSSING THE RUBICON: At night, Caesar and his legions waded across the Rubicon.

In 49 BCE, ordered to disband his legions, Caesar stood at the Rubicon. His men pleaded, If you cross, there is no return. He declared, The die is cast, and marched.

Pompey fled to Greece. At Pharsalus in 48 BCE, Caesar’s outnumbered veterans crushed him. Pompey escaped to Egypt, where assassins struck him down. When Caesar saw his severed head, he wept: They killed not with honor, but with treachery.

CLEOPATRA AND EGYPT

                                                                                                                                                                               CLEOPATRA AND EGYPT CLEOPATRA UNROLLED BEFORE CAESAR
                                                                                                                                                                                  Cleopatra emerged from a carpet at Caesar’s feet in Alexandria, the Roman Capital of Egypt.

In Egypt, Caesar met Cleopatra, who was smuggled to him rolled up in a carpet. I come not as supplicant, she said, but as queen. Their alliance burned into passion. He restored her throne, sailed the Nile with her, and fathered a son, Caesarion.

MASTER OF ROME

                                                                                                                 DICTATOR FOR LIFE Caesar sat on a marble throne, crowds cheering, banners waving, while senators looked on with dread.

Returning in triumph, Caesar celebrated games, reformed laws, and in 44 BCE declared himself dictator for life. He lodged Cleopatra and Caesarion across the Tiber River. Senators murmured, “Will he make himself king beside a foreign queen?”

THE PLOT AND ASSASSINATION

                                                                                                                                                                           ASSASSINATION: He fell beneath Brutus’s dagger before Pompey’s statue.

On the Ides of March, sixty conspirators struck. A soothsayer warned, Beware the Ides of March. Caesar waved him off. The Ides have come.

But not yet gone,
 the man replied.

As daggers rained, Caesar, seeing Brutus among his attackers, whispered, “You too, my child?” He pulled his toga over his face and fell beneath Pompey’s statue.

Caesar had reshaped Rome: defied the Senate, bound the military to himself, and seized power through spectacle, reform, and ruthless conquest. He edged toward kingship, even divinity, before daggers fell.  Sic semper tyrannis.

FROM ROME TO AMERICA: CAESAR AND TRUMP
Trump echoes Caesar, he rallies his base as Caesar rallied the populares.  They both undermined institutions, and proclaimed, Only I can save you.

Trump’s dreams of annexing Canada, the Canal Zone, and Greenland mirror Caesar’s annexing of Gaul; they both take territorial ambition as proof of destiny. Both reach for apotheosis — Caesar in temples, Trump in propaganda and cult-like devotion.

Rome’s answer was assassination. Yet the Republic still fell, replaced by an empire. America now faces the same peril: whether institutions hold or yield, as the Senate yielded to Caesar. Every Republic has its Rubicon.

WHY THIS MATTERS

By tracing Caesar back to the Inanna–Enki line, we can show your readers that:

    • He wasn’t just a military genius — he was a carrier of the Anunnaki god-king genome.

    • His drive to centralize power, expand territory, and reform civilization was an inherited divine directive from the Anunnaki bloodlines.

    • His deification set the precedent that birthed the Roman Empire — effectively restoring the Anunnaki model of divine kingship on Earth.

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📚 REFERENCES

    • Commentarii de Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar — Caesar’s firsthand account of the Gallic Wars
    • The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius — Early biographies of Rome’s first emperors
    • Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland — A detailed modern history of Rome’s fall from Republic to Empire
    • Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy — A comprehensive biography of Julius Caesar
    • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon — The classic study of Roman imperial history
    • Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 by Hunter S. Thompson — A lens on American populism and spectacle
    • The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump — Insight into Trump’s personal philosophy

🧬 BIOS

Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.

Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin is a cultural anthropologist (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) and a lifelong scholar of ancient civilizations, political systems, and the human drive for empire. He has taught anthropology, led transformational seminars, and published extensively on ancient history, extraterrestrial origins, and the psychological roots of authoritarianism. Sasha is the co-founder of Aquarian Media and co-director of Anunnaki Archives, where he integrates anthropology, history, and the Anunnaki paradigm to reveal humanity’s hidden legacy.

Janet Kira Lessin — Contributor

Janet Kira Lessin is a researcher, experiencer, and author who weaves ancient history, personal contact experiences, and multidimensional consciousness into a unified Anunnaki-centered framework. She is the creator of Dragon at the End of Time, a multi-platform project combining articles, art, podcasts, and books to illuminate humanity’s origins and destiny. Janet has spent decades studying the interplay between the Anunnaki legacy and modern geopolitics, helping readers decode the deeper forces shaping our world today.

👑 CLEOPATRA’S CHILDREN

    • Caesarion (Ptolemy XV Caesar) — Son of Julius Caesar (47–30 BCE)
    • Alexander Helios — Twin son of Mark Antony (born 40 BCE)
    • Cleopatra Selene II — Twin daughter of Mark Antony (born 40 BCE)
    • Ptolemy Philadelphus — Youngest son of Mark Antony (born 36 BCE)

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HOW THIS PERIOD TIES IN WITH THE ANUNNAKI

The drama of the Roman Republic’s fall and its transformation into an empire echoes patterns seeded by the Anunnaki gods. The Anunnaki established hierarchical systems and power dynasties that shaped early human civilization. Their emissaries and descendants guided the rise of city-states, kingdoms, and empires — embedding a genetic and cultural drive to build hierarchies, expand territories, and venerate god-kings.

Enki and his lineage fostered innovation, law, and human potential, while rival factions championed conquest, control, and divine kingship. In this light, Julius Caesar reflects the archetype of a human ruler awakening to his inherited Anunnaki mandate: to unify and command vast realms. Likewise, modern figures like Donald Trump echo this imperial impulse, attempting to reforge nation-states into personal dominions.

Recognizing these ancient currents helps us see the hidden architecture of history — and gives us the power to choose whether we will serve empire or evolve beyond it.

The collapse of the Roman Republic and the rise of the empire under Julius Caesar echo ancient cycles seeded by the Anunnaki — the architect-gods who shaped early human civilization.

    • Bloodline Control & Divine Kingship The Anunnaki installed their hybrid descendants as kings across Sumer, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. This embedded the concept that rulership was a divine right flowing through sacred bloodlines. Roman patrician families — claiming descent from gods like Venus through Aeneas — preserved this same Anunnaki-origin principle. Caesar himself claimed Venus/Aeneas descent, marking himself as a god-born ruler.

    • Enki’s Legacy of Innovation and Law Enki championed human potential, legal systems, and technological advancement. Caesar’s reforms (calendar, law codification, infrastructure, citizenship) reflect this Enki-like impulse to raise the collective while centralizing control.

    • Enlilite Models of Military Rule Conversely, Enlil and his lineage prized hierarchy, conquest, and obedience. Caesar’s rival Lucius Cornelius Sulla ruled through fear and purges — classic Enlilite authoritarian patterns. Caesar fused Enlilite military power with Enkiite reforms, becoming a hybrid archetype of the Anunnaki conflict itself.

    • The God-King Archetype Awakens When Caesar crossed the Rubicon and seized absolute power, he fulfilled an ancient Anunnaki template: the transformation from mortal ruler to living god. After his death, he was literally deified by the Senate — just as the Anunnaki had once demanded temples, tribute, and worship from their human creations.

    • Trump as a Modern Echo Donald Trump mirrors this same archetypal pattern — charismatic populism, dismantling of republican checks, and self-deification through media spectacle. He embodies the same Anunnaki-bred impulse to crown oneself king over the collective, as Caesar did.

In this way, the entire Roman imperial turn can be seen as a resurfacing of Anunnaki genetic and cultural programming, playing out again in the modern world.


🧬 JULIUS CAESAR — ANUNNAKI LINEAGE PROFILE

Bloodline Descent: Caesar publicly claimed descent from the goddess Venus (the Roman form of Inanna/Ishtar), who was a direct daughter of Anu and one of the most powerful of the Anunnaki.

    • Through Aeneas (Inanna/Venus’s son with the Trojan royal line), Caesar’s family — the Julia Gens — claimed divine descent.
    • This placed him within the Inanna-Venus bloodline, which was historically allied with Enki’s faction (the innovators, reformers, culture-bringers) yet often at odds with Enlil’s militarists.

Genetic Markers of the Anunnaki Archetype:

    • Visionary intellect & charisma — hallmarks of Enki’s bloodline, known for advanced planning, diplomacy, and lifting civilizations forward.
    • Physical resilience and reproductive vigor — typical of Inanna’s lineage, known for beauty, magnetism, and vitality.
    • Psychological dominance — the ability to command collective will, a trait bred into Anunnaki royal hybrids to secure and expand empires.

Role within the Anunnaki Script: Caesar emerged as a “God-King” archetype, enacting the Anunnaki template of rule that merges two opposing forces:

    • Enki-like aspect: Reforming Rome’s calendar, law, infrastructure, debt relief, and citizenship rights — advancing human society, echoing Enki’s role as civilizer.
    • Enlilite aspect: Wielding absolute military command, crushing resistance, executing purges — echoing Enlil’s model of control through fear and hierarchy.

The Apotheosis (Deification): After his assassination, the Roman Senate formally declared Caesar a god (Divus Julius). This exactly mirrors the Anunnaki system of apotheosis, where their hybrid rulers were elevated from mortal to divine status (as happened in Sumer, Egypt, and Mesopotamia). This made him the first Roman to be officially deified, reactivating the ancient Anunnaki kingly model within Roman civilization.

🜂 WHY THIS MATTERS

By tracing Caesar back to the Inanna–Enki line, we can show your readers that:

    • He wasn’t just a military genius — he was a carrier of the Anunnaki god-king genome.
    • His drive to centralize power, expand territory, and reform civilization was an inherited divine directive from the Anunnaki bloodlines.
    • His deification set the precedent that birthed the Roman Empire — effectively restoring the Anunnaki model of divine kingship on Earth.

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