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<onlyinclude>The '''dictatorship''' is the highest extraordinary [[Magistracies (Nova Roma)|magistracy]] of [[Nova Roma]]. The '''''dictator''''' is an extraordinary supreme president of the [[Res publica Novae Romae|republic]] with full executive powers. While the title suggests an absolutist and tyrannical power to the modern reader, in fact the honorable Roman position of ''dictator'' in Nova Roma is nothing else than an extraordinary sole president in charge instead of the usual co-presidents, with only a few special rights. </onlyinclude> 

==Appointment==

In times of emergency or to complete special extraordinary tasks, the consuls may appoint a ''dictator'' to serve a term not to exceed six months. The appointment may only be made upon the mandate of the [[Senate (Nova Roma)|Nova Roman senate]]. At the time of such appointment, the senate may prescribe a given task or boundaries within which the ''dictator'' is obliged to remain. The edicts of the ''dictator'' are subject to neither ''[[intercessio]]'' or ''[[provocatio]]'', but must remain within the constraints of the constitution. The ''dictator'' holds the highest degree of ''[[imperium]]'' and has the honor of being preceded by twenty-four ''[[lictor]]es''. 

'''[[Flavius Vedius Germanicus (Nova Roma)|Fl. Vedius Germanicus]]''' was the first and sole ''dictator'' of Nova Roma so far who exercised his office, and he served [[Dictatorship of MMDCCLII (Nova Roma)|in July, MMDCCLII (1999)]]. His assigned task was to solve the internal conflict which was referred to as the [[First "Civil War" of Nova Roma]]. The second ''dictator'' of Nova Roma was '''[[Gnaeus Equitius Marinus (Nova Roma)|Cn. Equitius Marinus]]''', appointed to solve the internal crisis that was called the [[Second "Civil War" of Nova Roma]], but he hasn't exercised his office, and stepped down before taking the oath, citing legal reasons.

==Change of the powers of the dictator in Nova Roma==

The powers of a Nova Roman dictator were unhistorically extensive under the previous constitution of Nova Roma: the earlier version of dictator in Nova Roma could rescind or issue laws on his own and suspend even the constitution, and in effect was more powerful than an absolute monarch. This was changed by the ''[[lex Lucilia de re publica restituenda (Nova Roma)|lex Lucilia de re publica restituenda]]'', after '''[[Gnaeus Iulius Caesar (Nova Roma)|Cn. Iulius Caesar]]''' illegally proclaimed himself ''dictator'' of Nova Roma on {{Nov 16}} {{2015}} as part of his [[Coup_d’état_of_Caesar_and_Sulla_(Nova_Roma)|coup d'état]], which caused the [[Third "Civil War" of Nova Roma]]. Although his dictatorship was not a lawful office, therefore it isn't listed in the ''[[Fasti]]'', this event gave birth to the consensus that the excessive and unhistorical powers of the Nova Roman dictator had to be corrected. The lex Cornelia Domitia, as modified by the lex Lucilia, which serves as the constitution of Nova Roma, gives the same powers to a the dictator as those of a normal executive president. The only difference between the consuls and a dictator of Nova Roma is that the dictator may not be vetoed by the tribunes of the plebs, and that citizens cannot initiate the process of ''provocatio'' against the decision of a dictator.

==Fasti dictatorii==

==={{1999}}===

*[[Flavius Vedius Germanicus (Nova Roma)|Fl. Vedius Germanicus]]

==={{2010}}===

*[[Gnaeus Equitius Marinus (Nova Roma)|Cn. Equitius Marinus]]

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