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According to the traditional accounts, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus was probably born around 519 BC, [3] during the last decade of the Roman Kingdom.He would have been a member of the ancient patrician clan Quinctia, [4] which predated the founding of Rome and was moved to Rome from the Latin city of Alba Longa by Tullus Hostilius. [5]
— Yeon Gaesomun, military dictator and generalissimo of Goguryeo (c. 666), to his sons Bede translating the Gospel of John on his deathbed. "You speak truth, all is finished now. Glory to God." [15]: 175 [note 24] — Bede, English Benedictine monk (26 May 735); to a scribe to whom he was dictating a translation of the Gospel of John
Roman dictators were usually appointed for a specific purpose, or causa, which limited the scope of their activities.The chief causae were rei gerundae (a general purpose, usually to lead an army in the field against a particular enemy), clavi figendi (an important religious rite involving the driving of a nail into the wall of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus), and comitiorum habendorum ...
Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants".In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. The phrase also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants.
25 world leaders and dictators when they were young. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. USA TODAY.
From his first speech in 1919 in Munich until the last speech in February 1945, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, gave a total of 1525 speeches. In 1932, for the campaign of presidential and two federal elections that year he gave the most speeches, that is 241. Not all have been listed, as it is not practical to do so.
Hitler at the podium . On 30 January 1939, Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler gave a speech in the Kroll Opera House to the Reichstag delegates, which is best known for the prediction he made that "the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe" would ensue if another world war were to occur.
It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests. Characteristics A benevolent dictator may allow for some civil liberties or democratic decision-making to exist, such as through public referendums or elected representatives with limited power and can make ...