I've read a lot of the obvious sources but I'm still unclear on what Julius Caesar told Rome and specifically Rome's other power brokers about why he was centralising all the power of Rome. Or even ultimately why he believed he was doing it, did he just do it because that's how the system he was born into worked and he was just thinking about power for himself in his own lifetime and he happened to be the best at that when the republic was in it's dying years? Or did he see that the republic was falling and have a hundred year plan to turn it into an empire for the benefit of everyone. And how did he explain what he was doing to other senators and specifically the few Romans held actual power. Was he like "you guys must see that I'm right or else Rome will be doomed" or was it like "don't hate the player just because I'm winning"?

I've read so much about Rome but always unsure if Caesar had any idea about what was going to happen to Rome if he became Emperor or if he just did it because all boys in a real Roman family fantasise about having and exercising total control over Rome.