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For the Roman Republic resided with the blank. That would be the Senate. Like the Senate would declare a war. The consuls would command the army, but it wasn't like us where the president does these things. It would be that the Senate would send ambassadors. They would reply to things.

So dictatorship was an office that the Roman Republic had for military purposes.

So dictatorship was an office that the Roman Republic had for military purposes.

So. So what would happen is the dictator was like an emergent. The consul they had was they had two consuls and they could each over like they couldn't override the other. And so when there was a super big emergency, the Romans would declare a dictator where it was basically only one. He would supersede the consuls and his word was law. It could only go for six months.

So. So what would happen is the dictator was like an emergent. The consul they had was they had two consuls and they could each over like they couldn't override the other. And so when there was a super big emergency, the Romans would declare a dictator where it was basically only one. He would supersede the consuls and his word was law. It could only go for six months.

And at the end of it, he would have to answer for anything he did. But he could basically had absolute power for six months and they would use this for emergencies. Julius Caesar did declare himself dictator for life. They got a little stabby stabby towards him for that. And then on the Ides of March. Yes. And then a lot happened in the 15 years after that. And it ends with the empire.

And at the end of it, he would have to answer for anything he did. But he could basically had absolute power for six months and they would use this for emergencies. Julius Caesar did declare himself dictator for life. They got a little stabby stabby towards him for that. And then on the Ides of March. Yes. And then a lot happened in the 15 years after that. And it ends with the empire.

And it was kind of a constitutional fiction that they created first. So it's, It's sort of a process where Rome gets – it becomes an empire in fact, and then it becomes more and more and more so in practice. In Augustus. So like Augustus, he just called himself first citizen, and he was the emperor because he just held – Wasn't he the nephew of Julius Caesar?

And it was kind of a constitutional fiction that they created first. So it's, It's sort of a process where Rome gets – it becomes an empire in fact, and then it becomes more and more and more so in practice. In Augustus. So like Augustus, he just called himself first citizen, and he was the emperor because he just held – Wasn't he the nephew of Julius Caesar?

He was the – I think he was the biological nephew and adopted son. I know enough to be dangerous.

He was the – I think he was the biological nephew and adopted son. I know enough to be dangerous.

I was telling Charlie before I looked up who the 47th emperor was, and it's not easy to say who the 47th is because there's co-emperors. But the best answer, I think, is Diocletian, which if you look him up, he's a very important reformer emperor. There was a giant crisis. The empire was falling apart and he is the one who restored stability. He also persecuted Christians a lot.

I was telling Charlie before I looked up who the 47th emperor was, and it's not easy to say who the 47th is because there's co-emperors. But the best answer, I think, is Diocletian, which if you look him up, he's a very important reformer emperor. There was a giant crisis. The empire was falling apart and he is the one who restored stability. He also persecuted Christians a lot.

We don't agree with that part of it. Bad. But that was bad. That was bad. Don't do that. But he did a lot of other things that were good.

We don't agree with that part of it. Bad. But that was bad. That was bad. Don't do that. But he did a lot of other things that were good.

All right.

All right.

False, because he thought that was one of the things that was good about it, is that it had a deliberative aspect, but when there was an emergency, it could supply decisive action.

False, because he thought that was one of the things that was good about it, is that it had a deliberative aspect, but when there was an emergency, it could supply decisive action.

I think they're going for self-sufficient on that one. We can pause if you want to think about it.