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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...

title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency. Like the terms tyrant and autocrat, dictator came to be...

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...

(16 January 2015), "'Team Cincinnatus': Tom Steyer Draws Name from Roman Dictator", BuzzFeed News, New York: Buzzfeed Byron, George Gordon (1814), Ode...

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...

war. Roman statesman Pompey fled to Egypt after losing the 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus in Greece against his rival Julius Caesar (a Roman dictator and consul)...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...