While holding this office, Camillus tunneled under Veii to end a ten year siege.
Holders of this office appointed a Master of the Horse who served as their most senior advisor for their six-month term of office. While holding this office, Camillus tunneled under Veii to end a ten year siege. One man appointed to this office gave up his power and retired to his farm a mere 16 days into his term and was named Cincinnatus. Another holder of this office issued a series of proscriptions that stripped his enemies of protection under the law. Its final holder named himself "[this office] in Perpetuity" several years after crossing the Rubicon. For 10 points, name this absolutist office of the Roman Republic, created in times of need and held by Sulla and Julius Caesar.
Holders of this office appointed a Master of the Horse who served as their most senior advisor for their six-month term of office.
dictator of Rome [accept word forms; accept just dictator after "Rome" is mentioned]