CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Which of the following declared themselves “dictator for life” in order to restore order to Rome?
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Octavian Augustus
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Mark Antony
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Julius Caesar
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Diocletian
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 44 B.C.E., Caesar declared himself dictator for life. His increasing power and great ambition agitated many senators who feared Caesar aspired to be king.
Detailed explanation-2: -Five dictators in the House of Caesar: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero. Their names still bespeak power and excess. They came with the language of the Republic, but the reality of dictatorship. This hour On Point, historian Tom Holland on these five dictators of Rome.
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