Zonar.  Tii  1 3),  and  no  initance*  oeeiir  in  which  a
penoD  held  this  offirc  for  a  longer  time,  for  the
dictatonhipi  of  Sulla  and  Caeiar  are  of  course  not
to  be  taken  into  accomiL  On  the  contnry,  though
a  dictator  was  appointed  iat  ax  monlhi,  he  o^cn
resigned  his  office  long  prcTJoosly,  immedBtely
after  he  had  despatched  the  businesa  for  which  he
had  been  appointed,  (LIt.  iii.  29,  iT.  4fl,  tI  29.)
As  soon  ai  the  dictator  was  Dominated,  a  kind  of
toipension  took  place  with  respect  to  the  T™*f^ilf
and  all  the  other  maginratea,  willi  llu  ezeqilioa
of  the  tribuni  plebii.  It  ii  {reqiwMly  staled
that  the  dacies  and  functions  of  all  the  ordinary
magistntes  enCirelj  ceased,  and  some  writtn  bare
eTen  gone  so  for  as  to  say  that  the  consols  abdi-
tsted  (Polyb.  iii.  87  ;  Cic  de  /^.  iii.  3  ;  Dionyg.
