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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

Dictator The Evolution of the Roman Dictatorship

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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
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    Autocracy, totalitarianism and dictatorship

    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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