Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus electus est dictator Romanus.
Dictatura est imperium unius hominis, qui saepe dictator nominatur; temporibus autem hodiernis, ut mos est, dictatores titulis formalibus legitimisque (sicut duce, praesidente, rege) plerumque utuntur. Aliter dictum inter dictaturam homines unius hominis voluntati obtemperant.
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