A dictatorship's defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government's ruled by an individual, the dictator, without hereditary ascension. It's three possible meanings: Roman dictator are a republic political office of the Roman Republic. Roman dictators were allocated absolute power during times of emergency. Their power was originally neither arbitrary nor unaccountable, being subject to law and requiring retrospective justification. There were no such dictatorships after the… (More on Dictature)