WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ruler who has almost total power and was brought in to rule the city in times of crisis was called-
A
magistrate
B
veto
C
dictator
D
plebeian
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Then, in February 44 B.C., Caesar was made dictator for life. According to tradition, Mark Antony publicly offered a king’s crown to Caesar, who refused it three times. As king, Caesar would no longer need the Senate or even the Roman citizens to stay in power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sulla and Caesar The first Dictator to be appointed in over a century was Lucius Cornelius Sulla. Sulla rose to power in Rome by successfully waging wars on behalf of the Roman state against foreign and domestic enemies. In 88 BCE, as a result, he was appointed Consul.

Detailed explanation-3: -Julius Caesar was a political and military genius who overthrew Rome’s decaying political order and replaced it with a dictatorship. He triumphed in the Roman Civil War but was assassinated by those who believed that he was becoming too powerful.

Detailed explanation-4: -In government, a dictator is a ruler who has total control over a country, with no checks or balances to prevent abuse of power. Dictator can also describe someone who acts like that on a smaller scale.

Detailed explanation-5: -dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

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