Was the Roman Empire a Dictatorship?

Although the forms of the Republic such as the Senate and the election of the consuls continued, the emperor held all power. Democracy in Rome was dead and dictatorship had won.

When did Rome become a dictatorship?

The dictatorships conferred upon Sulla and Julius Caesar in the last decades of the republic, in the 1st century bc, did not indicate a revival of the former office but the development of an extraconstitutional office with virtually unlimited powers.

What type of government did the Roman Empire use?

The Roman Republic was a democracy. Its government consisted of the Senate and four assemblies: the Comitia Curiata, the Comitia Centuriata, the Concilium Plebis, and the Comitia Tributa.