Hello, I'm writing an essay for my first year at uni. I've been given the wider theme "War and politics in Anituquity". I've been wanting to write about dictatorship as an institution in ancient Rome. I need some help identifying helpful sources and if possible critique on the questions I'll be trying to answer. The working title is "What was to be expected of a dictator and how did these expectations change over time". Some of the questions I'll be trying to answer in some shape or form are as follows.

• When a dictator was elected it was to serve a specific purpose, how did they decide whether a dictator was necessary or not?
• How did the average roman percieve elected dictators, did these perceptions change throughout the republics life?
• What goods / restrictions came with the office if any.
• Do we find similar offices elsewhere in the world of antiquity?
• Which functions did the dictator serve and did these change throughout the republics lifetime?

/u/XenophonTheAthenian has already been kind enough to suggest

The Constitution of the Roman Republic by Lintott.

Religious dictators of the Roman Republic by Kaplan.

*Römisches Staatsrecht by Mommsen though I cannot read german.

Some possible sources I've identified myself are:

The Concept of 'Crisis': What can We Learn from the Two Dictatorships of L. Quinctius Cincinnatus? by Oren Gross.

Cincinnatus and the Citizen-servant Ideal: The Roman Legend's Life, Times and Legacy by M. Hillyard.

Imperium Maius in the Roman Republic by V. Ehrenberg

The Origin of Roman Dictatorship by D. Cohen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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