Julius Ceaser, the Dictator :P
Gaius Julius Caesar
Your thinking of Julius Caesar. He was made Dictator for Life shortly before his assassination.
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roman dictator
The first public office Caesar was that of quaestor (second to the governor) in the Roman province of Hispania Ulterior (Further Spain) in 69 BC at the age of 31. The first post he held the city of Rome was that of curator of the Appian way in 66 BC and hid first public office in the city was that of aedile in 65 BC.
Augustus was not the ruler of a country. He was the ruler of an empire: the Roman Empire.
A Roman office of dictator was a legitimately appointed leader who had supreme authority.
His biggest mistake was not resigning his power. But Caesar, being Caesar, not only held on to it and accepted the Dictator for Life title, but he grew arrogant and disregarded even the common courtesies due to the senate.
None whatsoever. Octavian never held the title of emperor. In fact no Roman ever held that title; it was something given to the Roman leaders by later historians. As for Octavian, he called himself "princeps" which translates into "first citizen". He secured that position by retaining tribunican power.
The last emperor of the west was Romulus Augustus, a 15 year old son of a usurper who appointed him as a puppet emperor, but was the actual ruler of Italy. Romulus Augustus was deposed in 476. He held the title for just 10 months.
The Roman leaders were called by the name of the offices they held, such as Consul, Praetor, Tribune, etc.
assassinatedFlavus was the first designated dictator. Dictator was a temporary office created in times of national emergency, when the country was under martial law. Cincinnatus famously was summoned from his plowing and, once the crisis was over, resigned the Dictatorship, and returned to his plow. There are over forty dictators listed in Roman archives. However, Julius Caesar is the only one created Dictator in Perpetuus. Following Caesar's assassination, his heir, Octavius, became the Emperor of Rome, known as Caesar Augustus, although his official title was Princeps.