罗马独裁官列表

本列表收录了古代文献中记录的罗马独裁官。当代历史学家对其中一些记载是否真正发生过存有疑虑。在古代，独裁官并没有贬义，而是指在一段时期内独自掌权的官员。其中只有盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒的独裁官头衔是终身的。

列表中所有日期以及人物拉丁名都出自布劳顿（T.R.S. Broughton）《Magistrates of the Roman Republic》。

独裁官有几种不同类型，包括rei gerundae causa（战事）、clavi figendi causa（在朱庇特神庙插钉）、comitiorum habendorum causa（主持选举大会）、lodorum faciendorum causa（主持罗马节）。除此以外的其他类型根据现有材料都只出现过一次，不过有一个可能的例外则是seditionis sedandae et rgc（平乱及战事）。以下列表中标明星号*的则表明其类型在古代文献中并未记载，而是出自现代学者的研究。^[1]

年份	任期	中文名	拉丁文名	类型/注释
前501年或前498年		提图斯·拉尔基乌斯·弗拉乌斯	Titus Lartius Flavus^[2]	Rei gerundae causa
前499年或前496年		奥卢斯·波斯图米乌斯·阿尔布斯·雷吉雷恩西斯	Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis	*Rei gerundae causa
前494年		马尼乌斯·瓦莱里乌斯·马克西穆斯	Manius Valerius Maximus	*Rei gerundae causa
前463年		盖乌斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔库斯	Gaius Aemilius Mamercus?	*Clavi figendi causa（可能是摄政而非独裁官）^[3]
前458年	第一任	卢基乌斯·昆克蒂乌斯·钦钦纳图斯	Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus	Rei gerundae causa
前439年	第二任	卢基乌斯·昆克蒂乌斯·钦钦纳图斯	Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus	*Rei gerundae causa 或 *seditionis sedandae causa
前437年	第一任	马梅尔库斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔基努斯	Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus	*Rei gerundae causa
前435年	第一任	昆图斯·塞尔维利乌斯·普里斯库斯·费德纳斯	Quintus Servilius Priscus Fidenas	*Rei gerundae causa
前434年	第二任	马梅尔库斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔基努斯	Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus	*Rei gerundae causa
前431年		奥卢斯·波斯图米乌斯·图贝尔图斯	Aulus Postumius Tubertus	*Rei gerundae causa
前426年	第三任	马梅尔库斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔基努斯	Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus	*Rei gerundae causa
前418年	第二任	昆图斯·塞尔维利乌斯·普里斯库斯·费德纳斯	Quintus Servilius Priscus Fidenas	*Rei gerundae causa
前408年		普布利乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·科苏斯	Publius Cornelius Rutilus Cossus	*Rei gerundae causa
前396年	第一任	马库斯·福利乌斯·卡米卢斯	Marcus Furius Camillus	*Rei gerundae causa
前390年	第二任	马库斯·福利乌斯·卡米卢斯	Marcus Furius Camillus	*Rei gerundae causa
前389年	第三任	马库斯·福利乌斯·卡米卢斯	Marcus Furius Camillus	*Rei gerundae causa
前385年		奥卢斯·科尔内利乌斯·科苏斯	Aulus Cornelius Cossus	*Rei gerundae causa
前380年		提图斯·昆克蒂乌斯·钦钦纳图斯·卡皮托利努斯	Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus	*Rei gerundae causa
前368年	第四任	马库斯·福利乌斯·卡米卢斯	Marcus Furius Camillus	Rei gerundae causa
前368年		普布利乌斯·曼利乌斯·卡皮托利努斯	Publius Manlius Capitolinus	Seditionis sedandae et rei gerendae causa
前367年	第五任	马库斯·福利乌斯·卡米卢斯	Marcus Furius Camillus	Rei gerundae causa
前363年		卢基乌斯·曼利乌斯·卡皮托利努斯·因佩里奥苏斯	Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus	Clavi figendi causa
前362年		阿庇乌斯·克劳狄·克拉苏·因雷吉莱恩西斯	Appius Claudius Crassus Inregillensis	*Rei gerundae causa
前361年		提图斯·昆克蒂乌斯·波埃努斯·卡皮托利努斯·克里斯皮努斯	Titus Quinctius Poenus Capitolinus Crispinus	Rei gerundae causa
前360年		昆图斯·塞尔维利乌斯·阿哈拉	Quintus Servilius Ahala	Rei gerundae causa
前358年		盖乌斯·苏尔皮基乌斯·佩蒂库斯	Gaius Sulpicius Peticus	*Rei gerundae causa
前356年		盖乌斯·马尔基乌斯·鲁蒂卢斯	Gaius Marcius Rutilus	*Rei gerundae causa
前353年	第一任	提图斯·曼利乌斯·因佩里奥苏斯·托尔卡图斯	Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus	*Rei gerundae causa
前352年		盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·尤卢斯	Gaius Julius Iullus	*Rei gerundae causa
前351年		马尔库斯·费边·安布斯图斯	Marcus Fabius Ambustus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前350年	第一任	卢基乌斯·弗里乌斯·卡米卢斯	Lucius Furius Camillus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前349年	第二任	提图斯·曼利乌斯·因佩里奥苏斯·托尔卡图斯	Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前345年	第二任	卢基乌斯·弗里乌斯·卡米卢斯	Lucius Furius Camillus	*Rei gerundae causa
前344年		普布利乌斯·瓦莱里乌斯·普布利科拉	Publius Valerius Publicola	Feriarum constituendarum causa
前342年	第一任	马尔库斯·瓦莱里乌斯·科尔乌斯	Marcus Valerius Corvus	*Seditionis sedandae causa et rgc 或 *rei gerundae causa
前340年		卢基乌斯·帕皮里乌斯·克拉苏	Lucius Papirius Crassus	*Rei gerundae causa
前339年		昆图斯·普布利利乌斯·斐洛	Quintus Publilius Philo	*Rei gerundae causa
前337年		盖乌斯·克劳狄·伊恩雷吉尔雷恩西斯	Caius Claudius Inregillensis	*Rei gerundae causa；因任命被宣布存在问题而辞任
前335年		卢基乌斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔基努斯·普里维尔纳斯	Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus Privernas	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前333年		普布利乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·鲁菲努斯	Publius Cornelius Rufinus	*Rei gerundae causa；因任命被宣布存在问题而辞任^[4]
前332年		马尔库斯·帕皮里乌斯·克拉苏	Marcus Papirius Crassus	*Rei gerundae causa
前331年		格奈乌斯·昆克蒂乌斯·卡皮托利努斯	Gnaeus Quinctius Capitolinus	Clavi figendi causa
前327年		马尔库斯·克劳狄·马尔凯卢斯	Marcus Claudius Marcellus	Comitiorum habendorum causa；因任命被宣布存在问题而辞任
前325年	第一任	卢基乌斯·帕皮里乌斯·库尔索尔	Lucius Papirius Cursor	Rei gerundae causa
前324	第二任	卢基乌斯·帕皮里乌斯·库尔索尔	Lucius Papirius Cursor	*Rei gerundae causa^[4]
前322年		奥卢斯·科尔内利乌斯·科苏斯·阿尔维纳	Aulus Cornelius Cossus Arvina	Ludorum faciendorum causa 或 rei gerundae causa^[5]
前321年		昆图斯·费边·安布斯图斯	Quintus Fabius Ambustus	Comitiorum habendorum causa；因任命被宣布存在问题而辞任
前321年		马尔库斯·埃米利乌斯·帕普斯	Marcus Aemilius Papus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前320年	第一任	盖乌斯·迈尼乌斯	Gaius Maenius	（未知）^[6]
前320年		卢基乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·莱恩图卢斯	Lucius Cornelius Lentulus	*Rei gerundae causa
前320年	第三任	提图斯·曼利乌斯·因佩里奥苏斯·托尔卡图斯	Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus	*Comitiorum habendorum causa
前316年		卢基乌斯·埃米利乌斯·马梅尔基努斯·普里维尔纳斯	Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus Privernas	Rei gerundae causa
前315年	第一任	昆图斯·费边·马克西姆斯·鲁利安努斯	Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus	Rei gerundae causa
前314年	第二任	盖乌斯·迈尼乌斯	Gaius Maenius	Rei gerundae causa
前313年		盖乌斯·波埃特利努斯·利波·维索卢斯	Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus	Rei gerundae causa 或 clavi figendi causa^[7]
前313年	第二任	昆图斯·费边·马克西姆斯·鲁利安努斯	Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus	*Rei gerundae causa^[7]
前312年		盖乌斯·苏尔皮基乌斯·隆古斯	Gaius Sulpicius Longus	Rei gerundae causa^[8]
前312年		盖乌斯·尤尼乌斯·布布尔库斯·布鲁图	Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus	*Rei gerundae causa（可能是骑士统领而非独裁官）^[8]
前310年	第三任	卢基乌斯·帕皮里乌斯·库尔索尔	Lucius Papirius Cursor	*Rei gerundae causa
前309年	第四任	卢基乌斯·帕皮里乌斯·库尔索尔	Lucius Papirius Cursor	*Rei gerundae causa^[4]
前306年		普布利乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·西庇阿·巴尔巴图斯	Publius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前302年	第二任？	盖乌斯·尤尼乌斯·布布尔库斯·布鲁图	Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus	*Rei gerundae causa
前302年	第二任	马尔库斯·瓦莱里乌斯·科尔乌斯	Marcus Valerius Corvus	*Rei gerundae causa
前301年	第三任	马尔库斯·瓦莱里乌斯·科尔乌斯	Marcus Valerius Corvus	*Rei gerundae causa^[4]
前292年－前285年		马尔库斯·埃米利乌斯·巴尔布拉	Marcus Aemilius Barbula	（未知）^[9]
前291年－前285年		阿庇乌斯·克劳狄·卡埃库斯	Appius Claudius Caecus	（未知）^[9]
前291年－前285年		普布利乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·鲁菲努斯	Publius Cornelius Rufinus	（未知）^[9]
前287年		昆图斯·霍尔特恩西乌斯	Quintus Hortensius	*Seditionis sedandae causa 或 *rei gerundae causa
前280年		格奈乌斯·多米蒂乌斯·卡尔维努斯·马克西姆斯	Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前263年		格奈乌斯·弗尔维乌斯·马克西穆斯·凯恩图马卢斯	Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus	Clavi figendi causa
前257年		昆图斯·奥古尔尼乌斯·加鲁斯	Quintus Ogulnius Gallus	Latinarum feriarum causa^[10]
前249年		马尔库斯·克劳狄·加利西亚	Marcus Claudius Glicia	（未记录）；被迫辞任^[11]
前249年		奥卢斯·阿蒂利乌斯·卡拉蒂努斯	Aulus Atilius Calatinus	Rei gerundae causa
前246年		提贝里乌斯·科伦卡尼乌斯	Tiberius Coruncanius	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前231年		盖乌斯·杜伊利乌斯	Gaius Duilius	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前224年		卢基乌斯·卡埃基利乌斯·梅特鲁斯	Lucius Caecilius Metellus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前221年	第一任	昆图斯·费边·马克西穆斯·维尔鲁科苏斯	Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator	（未知）^[12]
前217年	第二任	昆图斯·费边·马克西穆斯·维尔鲁科苏斯	Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator	Interregni causa^[13]
前217年		马尔库斯·米努基乌斯·鲁弗斯	Marcus Minucius Rufus	共治独裁官或骑士统领^[14]
前217年		卢基乌斯·维图里乌斯·斐洛	Lucius Veturius Philo	Comitorium habendorum causa；因任命被宣布存在问题而辞任
前216年		马尔库斯·尤尼乌斯·佩拉	Marcus Junius Pera	Rei gerundae causa
前216年		马尔库斯·费边·布特奥	Marcus Fabius Buteo	Senatus legendi causa^[15]
前213年		盖乌斯·克劳狄·肯托	Gaius Claudius Centho	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前210年		昆图斯·弗尔维乌斯·弗拉库斯	Quintus Fulvius Flaccus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前208年		提图斯·曼利乌斯·托尔卡图斯	Titus Manlius Torquatus	Comitiorum habendorum causa 或 ludorum faciendorum causa
前207年		马尔库斯·李维·萨利纳托尔	Marcus Livius Salinator	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前205年		昆图斯·卡埃基利乌斯·梅特鲁斯	Quintus Caecilius Metellus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前203年		普布利乌斯·苏尔皮基乌斯·加尔巴·马克西姆斯	Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前202年		盖乌斯·塞尔维利乌斯·格米努斯	Gaius Servilius Geminus	Comitiorum habendorum causa
前82/81年－前81年		卢基乌斯·科尔内利乌斯·苏拉	Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix	Legibus faciendis et rei publicae constituendae causa
前49年	第一任	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	Rei gerundae causa
前48年	第二任	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	Rei gerundae causa
前47年	第三任	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	Rei gerundae causa
前46年	第四任	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	Rei gerundae causa
前45年	第五任	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	Rei gerundae causa
前44年	--	盖乌斯·尤利乌斯·恺撒	Gaius Julius Caesar	perpetuus（终身）

参考文献

^ Marianne Hartfield argues that only Manlius Capitolinus was named dictator seditionis sedandae et rgc in 368 BC, and that it was his dictatorship that caused the Romans to institute new causes to distinguish between the traditional military office (rei gerundae causa) and other uses to which the powers of that office might be put. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981.
^ The name of the first dictator is also given as Manius Valerius Volesi, but Livy rejects this in favor of Titus Lartius Flavus on the basis of the law that only consulars could be named dictator and Valerius had not yet been named consul. Broughton follows Livy in this. Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 9.
^ No dictator is listed for this year in the fasti consulares, but Lydus says that there was a dictator in the forty-eighty year of the republic. Bendel links this with the story that the senate appointed a dictator clavi figendi causa in 363 BC because that had worked to stop a pestilence a century earlier and concludes that Mamercus was this dictator. Broughton sees this as an insufficient reason to say that Mamercus was dictator in 463 BC, and suggests that Lydus has confused a dictator with an interrex. Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 35 n.2.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 The fasti consulares, but no other source, list four years in which there was a dictator but no consuls elected: 333, 324, 309, and 301. In each case, Livy includes the names of the dictator and magister equitum under the previous years consuls. See Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 141.
^ The sources for the causa of this dictator conflict. Most historians accept that Cornelius carried on the Ludi Romani games when the praetor fell ill and attempt to explain how an annalist would have altered the records to make this a dictator rei gerundae causa. See Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 420.
^ Maenius is one of three dictators appointed in 320, none of whom is listed as having abdicated and been replaced by another dictator. This fact, combined with the fact that Cornelius Lentulus can only have been appointed rei gerundae causa, her conclusion that Manlius Torquatus was appointed comitiorum habendorum causa, and her judgment that the quaestionibus exercendis cannot have been his causa and is never said to be by Livy (the source of the phrase) lead Hartfield to conclude that Maenius must have had a religious function. She cannot conclude which religious causa he might have had, except that it certainly was not clavi figendi causa. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 425–28.
^ ^7.0 ^7.1 Livy and the fasti consulares suggest that Poetelius was dictator rei gerundae causa, but Livy preserves a source who claims that one of the consuls that year instead captured the town Poetelius was said to have captured and that his dictatorship was instead clavi figendi causa. Some modern historians do not dismiss this alternate account. Because an rgc does not hammer in the sacred nail, if Poetelius did, then he must have been appointed dictator twice this year, once for each causa. Diodorus Siculus attributes the victories credited to Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus to one Κόιντος Φάβιος instead. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 443–51.
^ ^8.0 ^8.1 The fasti consulares list Gaius Sulpicius Longus as the dictator rei gerundae causa and Gauis Junius Bubulcus Brutus as his magister equitum, but Livy names the latter as dictator, without following his usual procedure of recording the magister equitum. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 452–54.
^ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Three dictators are known only from various literary sources. Historians date them to a period for which the fasti consulares and Livy's history are missing but nothing about their causa can be known. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 471–76.
^ This is the only known instance of this causa, "for celebrating the Latin games."
^ The fasti consulares do not record Claudius' causa, but do note that he had been a clerk and that he was forced to abdicate. Normally, dictators were senators of consular rank, not equestrians. It seems that the consul naming him did so to scorn the senate, which had voted to appoint a dictator to relieve him in Sicily. Claudius' nomination would not declared by the augurs to have been invalid, but the senate forced him to resign by means unknown. Aulus Atilius Caiatinus was appointed in Claudius' stead. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 480–83.
^ Livy says that Fabius Maximus was appointed dictator "again" in 217, so he must have had a dictatorship for some unknown cause in the periods covered by the portions of Livy that are lost.
^ This causa, "because of the interregnum," is unique and perplexing, as there was no interregnum (one consul was still alive). Some scholars suggest that the fasti consulares misstate Fabius' causa, since he clearly took the field like a dictator rei gerundae causa. Hartfield suggests that the senate did not want to alter the forms of dictator already in use to meet the almost unique situation it found itself in, and so said that the situation was like an interregnum. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 303–6.
^ Minucius was appointed Fabius Maximus' magister equitum but opposed his strategy of delay, so a tribune proposed a law to make his authority equal to that of the dictator. Scholars disagree whether this made Minucius a co-dictator or instead a magister equitum with dictatorial imperium. Since he was known to have been a dictator, those who advance the second possibility identify an additional dictatorship for him in the period for which the Livian history is missing, perhaps comitiorum habendorum causa. See Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 489–99. and Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 243–44.
^ This is the only instance of this causa. The senate decided to appoint a dictator to enroll new senators after Cannae rather than push up elections for new censors to do the same.

[1] Marianne Hartfield argues that only Manlius Capitolinus was named dictator seditionis sedandae et rgc in 368 BC, and that it was his dictatorship that caused the Romans to institute new causes to distinguish between the traditional military office (rei gerundae causa) and other uses to which the powers of that office might be put. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981.

[2] The name of the first dictator is also given as Manius Valerius Volesi, but Livy rejects this in favor of Titus Lartius Flavus on the basis of the law that only consulars could be named dictator and Valerius had not yet been named consul. Broughton follows Livy in this. Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 9.

[3] No dictator is listed for this year in the fasti consulares, but Lydus says that there was a dictator in the forty-eighty year of the republic. Bendel links this with the story that the senate appointed a dictator clavi figendi causa in 363 BC because that had worked to stop a pestilence a century earlier and concludes that Mamercus was this dictator. Broughton sees this as an insufficient reason to say that Mamercus was dictator in 463 BC, and suggests that Lydus has confused a dictator with an interrex. Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 35 n.2.

[dictator-year-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 The fasti consulares, but no other source, list four years in which there was a dictator but no consuls elected: 333, 324, 309, and 301. In each case, Livy includes the names of the dictator and magister equitum under the previous years consuls. See Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 141.

[5] The sources for the causa of this dictator conflict. Most historians accept that Cornelius carried on the Ludi Romani games when the praetor fell ill and attempt to explain how an annalist would have altered the records to make this a dictator rei gerundae causa. See Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 420.

[6] Maenius is one of three dictators appointed in 320, none of whom is listed as having abdicated and been replaced by another dictator. This fact, combined with the fact that Cornelius Lentulus can only have been appointed rei gerundae causa, her conclusion that Manlius Torquatus was appointed comitiorum habendorum causa, and her judgment that the quaestionibus exercendis cannot have been his causa and is never said to be by Livy (the source of the phrase) lead Hartfield to conclude that Maenius must have had a religious function. She cannot conclude which religious causa he might have had, except that it certainly was not clavi figendi causa. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 425–28.

[Poetelius-Fabius-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Livy and the fasti consulares suggest that Poetelius was dictator rei gerundae causa, but Livy preserves a source who claims that one of the consuls that year instead captured the town Poetelius was said to have captured and that his dictatorship was instead clavi figendi causa. Some modern historians do not dismiss this alternate account. Because an rgc does not hammer in the sacred nail, if Poetelius did, then he must have been appointed dictator twice this year, once for each causa. Diodorus Siculus attributes the victories credited to Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus to one Κόιντος Φάβιος instead. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 443–51.

[Sulpicius-Junius-8] 8.0 ^8.1 The fasti consulares list Gaius Sulpicius Longus as the dictator rei gerundae causa and Gauis Junius Bubulcus Brutus as his magister equitum, but Livy names the latter as dictator, without following his usual procedure of recording the magister equitum. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 452–54.

[missing-fasti-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Three dictators are known only from various literary sources. Historians date them to a period for which the fasti consulares and Livy's history are missing but nothing about their causa can be known. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 471–76.

[10] This is the only known instance of this causa, "for celebrating the Latin games."

[11] The fasti consulares do not record Claudius' causa, but do note that he had been a clerk and that he was forced to abdicate. Normally, dictators were senators of consular rank, not equestrians. It seems that the consul naming him did so to scorn the senate, which had voted to appoint a dictator to relieve him in Sicily. Claudius' nomination would not declared by the augurs to have been invalid, but the senate forced him to resign by means unknown. Aulus Atilius Caiatinus was appointed in Claudius' stead. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 480–83.

[12] Livy says that Fabius Maximus was appointed dictator "again" in 217, so he must have had a dictatorship for some unknown cause in the periods covered by the portions of Livy that are lost.

[13] This causa, "because of the interregnum," is unique and perplexing, as there was no interregnum (one consul was still alive). Some scholars suggest that the fasti consulares misstate Fabius' causa, since he clearly took the field like a dictator rei gerundae causa. Hartfield suggests that the senate did not want to alter the forms of dictator already in use to meet the almost unique situation it found itself in, and so said that the situation was like an interregnum. Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 303–6.

[14] Minucius was appointed Fabius Maximus' magister equitum but opposed his strategy of delay, so a tribune proposed a law to make his authority equal to that of the dictator. Scholars disagree whether this made Minucius a co-dictator or instead a magister equitum with dictatorial imperium. Since he was known to have been a dictator, those who advance the second possibility identify an additional dictatorship for him in the period for which the Livian history is missing, perhaps comitiorum habendorum causa. See Hartfield, Marianne. The Roman Dictator. Ph.D. dissertation. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley. 1981: 489–99. and Broughton, T. R. S. Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1. New York: American Philological Association. 1951: 243–44.

[15] This is the only instance of this causa. The senate decided to appoint a dictator to enroll new senators after Cannae rather than push up elections for new censors to do the same.

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