Principate Ending Yuri Borisov Publication date: May 12, 2002 The beginning is here , the continuation is here and here . Sulla and Caesar, trying to bring calm, saw no other way out than in an extraordinary magistracy. Each of them was a dictator. Moreover, contrary to tradition, a dictator not limited to a short term. Sulla achieved that he was appointed announcer for 10 years, after which he stepped down from power.