Explanation:
It is possible that Caesar wanted to evade the question by leaving Rome and starting a new military campaign. In the spring of 44, an expeditionary force - consisting of at least the legions II, , XXVII, XXXV, XXXVI and XXXVII - was on its way to the east, where Crassus' death had to be avenged. Its temporary commander was the son of Caesar's niece Atia, the young Gaius Octavius. The dictator was to follow his legions and planned to attack the Parthian empire (text). Of course, success in the east would not have solved the domestic problem.
Another way to solve the constitutional problem was to behave himself as a king, without actually using this title. The only kings the Romans knew, were the oriental kings, and therefore Caesar used their symbols to show his power. His statue was placed among those of the legendary Roman kings, he was allowed to wear a purple robe, he was given the surname "the country's parent", sat on a raised cushion in the theater and on a golden throne in the Senate, coins showed his portrait, and a temple was erected to Caesar's Clemency: its first priest was Mark Antony, who had rescued Caesar at Dyrrhachium. He was still the pontifex maximus of the Roman state, which allowed him to live in the regia, a house on the Forum Romanum which had once, five centuries before, belonged to the palace of the Roman kings. When people wanted to approach him, he received them without rising. On 15 February, he tried to have himself "spontaneously" crowned by Mark Antony, but the people who were present were very upset and he ordered the crown to be sent to the temple of Jupiter (text).
