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The 12 pages that link to Roman dictatorship, each with the reason it gives.

• Roman RepublicCompared with: Its temporary, exceptional authority contrasted with ordinary shared magistracies.

• Augustus (Roman emperor)Compared with: Augustus avoided the title of dictator, which recalled Caesar’s contested rule.

• Emergency powersNarrower topic: It is an early model of extraordinary authority limited in principle by time and purpose.

• Lucius Cornelius SullaNarrower topic: Sulla revived the office and expanded it into a vehicle for indefinite personal rule.

• PrincipateCompared with: Unlike the traditional dictatorship, imperial power became durable and was not limited to a fixed term.

• Roman KingdomRelated: The republic retained a time-limited emergency office rather than restoring hereditary kingship.

• Martial lawNarrower topic: This ancient emergency office offers a distant precedent for concentrating power to confront a perceived threat.

• First TriumvirateCompared with: The alliance wielded influence through cooperation, rather than through a single dictator’s legal office.

• State of exceptionBroader topic: It provides an ancient precedent for temporary concentration of power under a public emergency.

• Battle of ThapsusRelated: The victory strengthened Caesar’s position as dictator and his dominance over Roman politics.

• Lucius Quinctius CincinnatusNarrower topic: Cincinnatus’s celebrated command was an emergency office with a defined temporary purpose.

• Overthrow of the Roman monarchyCompared with: Its temporary concentration of power contrasts with the permanent kingship the new order rejected.