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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Kid Rock who wrote (57823)9/13/2002 10:48:16 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Caesar was appointed dictator for a year starting in 49 B.C., for two years in 48 B.C., for ten years in 46 B.C. and finally dictator for life in 44 B.C. In that same year he was assassinated. Several years later his grand nephew Octavion became the first Roman Emperor.

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Dictator was a position appointed by the Senate in times of emergency. Emperor was a new post, to avoid using the term "Rex"(king), and preserve the illusion that Rome remained a Republic. It meant "Commander". Augustus also called himself "Princeps", which meant "First Citizen"......
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