The Dictator could not be without a Magister Equitum to assist him, and, consequently, if the first Magister Equitum died during the six months of the dictatorship, another had to be nominated in his stead.
El dictador no podía ejercer sin un magister equitum que le asistiera, y, en consecuencia, si el magister equitum fallecía durante los seis meses de la dictadura, tenía que ser designado otro para sustituirlo.