Any holder of this office was accompanied by 24 lictors. After the Battle of the Allia, Camillus took this office for the third of five times.
Any holder of this office was accompanied by 24 lictors. After the Battle of the Allia, Camillus took this office for the third of five times. After the army of Minutius was trapped by the Aequi at Mons Algidus, the Roman Republic elected one of these people, who stepped down after just 16 days and returned to his (*) farm. One holder of this position established his namesake leap year-containing calendar and took it after defeating Pompey. Cincinnatus held this position; Julius Caesar was appointed to it for life, prompting his assassination. For 10 points, name this only Roman office above the consulship, appointed in times of emergency.
Any holder of this office was accompanied by 24 lictors. After the Battle of the Allia, Camillus took this office for the third of five times.
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