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The first detailed and comprehensive examination of the role and evolution of the dictatorship as an integral element of the Roman Republic, this work also charts the flexibility of the dictatorship as it adapted to the needs of the Republic, reshaping its role in relation to the consuls, the senate, and the people.

Table of Contents
  • Part I: Haec Imperiosa Dictatura
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Narrative
  • 3 Origins
  • Part II: Et Homo Et Potestas
  • 4 Need
  • 5 Choice
  • 6 Invocation
  • 7 Mandate
  • 8 Imperium
  • 9 Answerability
  • 10 Colleague
  • 11 Renunciation
  • 12 Principles

  • Part III
  • 13 Desuetude
  • 14 Sulla
  • 15 Caesar
  • 16 Conclusions

  • Appendices
  • A Catalog of Dictatorships
  • B Catalog of Names
  • C Terms and Concepts
  • D Dictator Years
  • E Mommsen’s Dictatorship
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography

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      Publisher: LUP - University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 9/13/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472132669, 978-0472132669
      ISBN10: 0472132660

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first detailed and comprehensive examination of the role and evolution of the dictatorship as an integral element of the Roman Republic, this work also charts the flexibility of the dictatorship as it adapted to the needs of the Republic, reshaping its role in relation to the consuls, the senate, and the people.

      Table of Contents
      • Part I: Haec Imperiosa Dictatura
      • 1 Introduction
      • 2 Narrative
      • 3 Origins
      • Part II: Et Homo Et Potestas
      • 4 Need
      • 5 Choice
      • 6 Invocation
      • 7 Mandate
      • 8 Imperium
      • 9 Answerability
      • 10 Colleague
      • 11 Renunciation
      • 12 Principles

      • Part III
      • 13 Desuetude
      • 14 Sulla
      • 15 Caesar
      • 16 Conclusions

      • Appendices
      • A Catalog of Dictatorships
      • B Catalog of Names
      • C Terms and Concepts
      • D Dictator Years
      • E Mommsen’s Dictatorship
      • Acknowledgements
      • Abbreviations
      • Bibliography

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