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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...