Dictator

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §23 dictator

  A supreme emergency magistrate; here the Alban war-leader.

• The History of Rome, Book 2 §18 dictator

  An extraordinary single magistrate named in a crisis, holding supreme authority for up to six months, with no colleague and (at first) no appeal from his commands.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §11 dictatorships

  The dictatorship, an extraordinary single magistracy with supreme power, conferred for a strict term in grave emergencies.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §4 a dictator

  An extraordinary magistrate named in crises with near-absolute power, for a term capped at six months.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §2 a dictator

  The supreme emergency magistrate, named for a single crisis with absolute command for at most six months.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §2 Marcus Furius Camillus be named dictator

  The supreme emergency magistrate, named for a single crisis with absolute command; Camillus held it repeatedly in this book.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §12 dictator

  The extraordinary single magistrate named in a crisis, holding supreme command for a limited term.

• The History of Rome, Book 9 §15 dictator

  A temporary sole magistrate of overriding power, appointed in crises.

• The History of Rome, Book 10 §1 dictator

  An extraordinary magistrate named in emergencies, holding supreme power without appeal for a fixed term.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §8 dictator

  An extraordinary magistrate appointed in crisis with near-absolute power for a limited term.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §14 the dictator

  The supreme emergency magistrate named for a single crisis with near-absolute command; Junius Pera and later Fabius Buteo held it this year.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §8 a dictator must be named

  The supreme emergency magistrate named for a single crisis with near-absolute command, cited as a precedent of choosing the best man.

• The History of Rome, Book 25 §2 dictator

  An extraordinary single magistrate named for a fixed task; here Gaius Claudius Cento is named only to hold the elections (§2).

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §5 a dictator

  The dictator, an extraordinary single magistrate named in crisis with supreme authority for a limited term.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §14 dictator

  An extraordinary sole magistrate with overriding imperium; named here among the officers before whom a manumission could be performed.