During his reign as emperor, Caesar built a new harbour and canal for Rome, drained the marshes and improved the grain supply. Caesar was faced with a shortage of grain in Rome when he came to power, which he solved by arranging better supervision of the supplies coming into Rome, as well as improving access to imported grain by building a new canal and harbour to service Rome (Boatwright, 2004). Moreover, he nearly halved the number of people who received government grain and imposed duties on foreign goods (Suetonius, 41). Whilst the halving of government grain rations did not benefit everybody, the improved access to overseas grain and better supervision of grain imports had an irrefutably positive impact on the Roman population. As well as improving the city’s grain supply, Caesar made a positive impact on the lives of the Roman population through his draining of the marshes outside the city.…