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Which form of government would the plebeians be more likely to support out of a roman republic or a dictatorship under Julius Caesar?
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Julius Caesar was appointed as a dictator four times. Rome was still a republic, even when Caesar was appointed as dictator for life. To the Romans the term dictator did not have the same meaning as it has today. The dictator was an extraordinary officer of state with extraordinary powers which was created under the Republic. He was normally appointed by the consuls (the two annually elected heads of the Republic) given a specific mandate established by senatorial decree and a term of office of 6 months to deal with emergencies.
Julius Caesar had obtained the Dictatorship three times prior to becoming dictator for life in 44 BC. He had himself first appointed dictator in 49 BC to preside over his own election as consul and resigned from the post after 11 days. He then was appointed dictator for one year in 48 BC. Although this was more than the usual 6 months of the term of this office, it was not totally unprecedented. Another man, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, had been appointed dictator for one year 33 years earlier. Caesar started fully breaking the mould in 47 BC when he had himself appointed dictator for 10 years.
Julius Caesar was so popular among the middle and lower classes (plebeians) that they did not mind him being a dictator for life. He was seen as the hero of the people and the protector of the poor.
Also note that a Republic is a state which is not ruled by a king, emperor or an aristocrat (as with a principate or a duchy). That is all that is required for the definition of a republic. A republic can have any political regime apart from the ones mentioned above. It can be a democracy, an authoritarian state, a dictatorship or a totalitarian state. There have been many republics which have been dictatorships in recent history. Communist are republics. Nazist Germany was a republic.
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