 Complete the following phrase:  The term started to get its modern negative meaning with Cornelius Sullas ascension to the dictatorship following Sullas second civil war, making himself the first Dictator in Rome in more than a century during which the office was ostensibly abolished as well as de facto eliminating the time limit and need of senatorial acclamation. He avoided a major constitutional crisis by resigning the office after about one year, dying a few years later. Julius Caesar followed Sullas example in 49 BC and in February 44 BC was proclaimed Dictator perpetuo, Dictator in perpetuity, officially doing away with any limitations on his power, which he kept until 