He extended the usual 6 month Dictatorship to two years tore-establish control over a warring Rome. This gave only temporarystability and, after he retired, the competing nobilityprogressively brought back instability, leading Julius Caesar totry five years, then life dictatorship., which was easily resolvedby the aristocrats terminating his life. Augustus solved theproblem by a partnership with the Senate, and called himself FirstCitizen.