Republican Dictators List

During the Republican Era the Eternal City now and again had it Dictator. No this one was not for life. In fact it was for only 6 months. Mandatory was that the Roman state was in an absolute crisis. He then had absolute power over all and everything. In 356 BC the first Plebeian was named dictator, Gaius Marcius Rutilius. The office became useless with the coing of the Emperors.

All Dates are BC

501	-	Titus Larcius
		Marcus Furius Camillus (Five terms)
458	-	Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (First term)
439	-	Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (Second term)
342	-	Marcus Valerius Corvus
333	-	Publius Cornelius Rufinus
324	-	Lucius Papirius Cursor
315	-	Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus
301	-	Marcus Valerius Corvus, second term (After the Second Samnite war)
292	-	Appius Claudius Caecus
285	-	Appius Claudius Caecus
249	-	Aulus Atilius Caiatinus (After the Drepana disaster - First Punic War)
217	-	Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator (Second Punic war)
203	-	Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus
081 / 079	-	Lucius Cornelius Sulla
046	-	Gaius Julius Caesar
045 / 044	-	Gaius Julius Caesar, perpetual dictator