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In the Roman Republic, the dictator (“one who dictates”), was an extraordinary magistrate ( magistratus extraordinarius ) with the absolute authority to perform tasks beyond the authority of the o...
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The Executive Magistrates of the Roman Republic were elected officials of the ancient Roman Republic (c. 510 BC – 44 BC), elected by the People of Rome. Ordinary magistrates ( magistratus ) were d...
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Dictator: Roman magistrate with extraordinary powers, appointed during an emergency. The word dictator originally meant 'the one who dictates' or 'gives orders'. The negative connotation is a later development.
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On 15 March 44 BCE, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered. ... Lucius Cornelius Balbus of Cadiz (Andalusia) had received the Roman citizenship from Pompey (70 BCE) and had reached equestrian rank. He met Caesar when the latter was governor of Andalusia in 61; he briefly served in Gaul and took care of Caesar...
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Dictator was a political office of the Roman Republic. ... The Roman Senate passed a senatus consultum authorizing the consuls to nominate a dictator, who was the sole exception to the Roman legal principles of collegiality (multiple tenants of the same office) and responsibility (being legally able to be held to answer...
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was a Political Office of the Roman Republic . A legal innovation of the Roman Republic , the ''dictator'' ( Latin for "one who dictates (orders)") — officially known as the ''Magister Populi'' ("Master of the People"), the ''Praetor Maximus'' ("The supreme Praetor "), ... CATEGORIES ABOUT ROMAN DICTATOR...
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Caesar was now installed in Rome as, effectively, leader of the Roman world. Despite the fact that there were always two heads of state (the Consuls), Caesar was given the special powers of a 'dictator', a position usually saved for times of crisis, but conferred on Caesar for life.
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Cincinnatus. Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was a Roman consul and dictator, but above all, a farmer. ... Cincinnatus was a Roman farmer, dictator, and consul from the legendary period of Roman history. He gained fame as a model of Roman virtue.
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