A Roman dictator was an extraordinary magistrate in the Roman Republic endowed with full authority to resolve some specific problem to which he had been...

the Roman dictators and magistri equitum known from ancient sources. In some cases the names or dates have been inferred by modern historians. Roman dictators...

by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency. Like the...

assembly. The Roman magistrates were elected officials of the Roman Republic. Each Roman magistrate was vested with a degree of power. Dictators (a temporary...

subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and...

himself to Roman who returned as dictator". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities...

of the regular Roman dictatorship, it elevated Caesar's to a rank more akin to the ancient Roman kings. Julius Caesar held the dictator position for only...

personalist dictatorships, or absolute monarchies. The Latin word dictator originated in the early Roman Republic to refer to a constitutional office with "a temporary...

in Greece against his rival Julius Caesar (a Roman dictator and consul) in Caesar's civil war, the Roman statesman Pompey fled to Egypt. Pompey had been...

conflict and then extended to Cisalpine Gaul when Julius Caesar became Roman dictator. In the context of the transition from Republic to Principate, Italy...

William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, where it is spoken by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, at the moment of his assassination, to his friend Marcus...

the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal function was to serve as commander of the Roman cavalry in time of...

single person or political entity Dictator perpetuo, a position held by Julius Caesar Roman dictator, in the Roman Republic, an extraordinary magistrate...

possibly c. 448 – c. 365 BC) is a semi-legendary Roman statesman and politician during the early Roman republic who is most famous for his capture of Veii...

was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed dictator in 221...

granted Roman citizenship after the Social War of 91–88 BC. The inhabitants of Cisalpine Gaul were granted Roman citizenship by a decree of Roman dictator-for-life...

'Caesar' derives from the cognomen of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. The Roman and later Byzantine, or Eastern Roman, emperors were called Qaisar-e-Rum (Caesar...

of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the Roman dictator, in 458 and 439 BC; Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the Roman dictator, in 79 BC; Emperor Diocletian in AD...

ancestor of all of the later Julii Caesares who appear in history, such as Roman dictator Julius Caesar and emperor Augustus. Sextus is the earliest member of...

derives from the cognomen of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. The change from being a surname to a title used by the Roman emperors can be traced to AD 68...

Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. The Platonic Academy was destroyed by the Roman dictator Sulla in 86 BC. A neo-Platonic academy was later founded in Athens that...

(usually military) for a short period. During this period, the dictator's power over the Roman government was absolute, as they were not checked by any institution...

that killed Roman dictator Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. Assassination of Caesar or Assassination of Julius Caesar may also refer to: Caesars (Roman emperors)...

Roman dictators – for a list of dictators during the Roman Republic List of Roman dynasties – for a list of the many dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire...

The last words of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar are disputed. Ancient chroniclers reported a variety of phrases and post-classical writers have elaborated...

last of the opposition, Caesar was appointed dictator perpetuo ("dictator in perpetuity") in early 44 BC. Roman historian Titus Livius describes three incidents...

of dictator, which had been inactive since the Second Punic War, over a century before. He used his powers to purge his opponents, and reform Roman constitutional...

dictators of Rome were limited to serving a maximum six-month term limit. Contrary to the modern notion of a dictator as a usurper, Roman dictators were...

possibly Ilia (c. 129 BC – c. 104 BC), was a Roman noblewoman who was the first wife of Sulla, later a Roman dictator. Little is known of her life and sources...

and the Aequi took up arms at the same time. To meet the threat, a Roman dictator was appointed, Manius Valerius Maximus. Ten legions were raised, a greater...