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This actually had been done a couple times before. The person who actually did it most completely was not Caesar, but instead Sulla (the generation before Caesa

by gte910h 15y ago

This actually had been done a couple times before. The person who actually did it most completely was not Caesar, but instead Sulla (the generation before Caesar). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla They were called the Cornealian Laws. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla#Dictatorship_and_Constitutional_Reforms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla#Dictator... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Reforms_of_Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Reforms_of_Luciu... Caesar did similar things, but in the other direction, and less like the guy specified.

Cushman 15y ago
It certainly has a rich tradition! Although I don't think it's accurate to say Sulla took power more completely than Caesar did... Remember that Dictator was an actual office in the Republic, normally time limited, and that Sulla voluntarily resigned the post where Caesar took it all the way to Dictator for Life.
- gte910h 15y ago
  He didn't do really the same thing at all: I just think he did more of a "Yo Steve, go Run this Country" sort of thing. Also Sulla's dictatorial term was notably NOT time limited.