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| 1 | later Dictator of Rome, who put together religious, political, and military power in his own hands. His very different career can be compared with that of Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (consul 205 BC) who also defeated two older and more prominent conservative men in an election, and who also assumed the position of Pontifex Maximus before becoming consul. | 2370 |
| 2 | 44 BC - Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir (d. 13 BC), consul in 46 BC (as Caesar's nominee) during his Dictatorship, and in 42 BC as a triumvir. | 135 |
| 3 | 63 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar, consul 59 BC and later Dictator; | 77 |
| 4 | 449 BC - Quintus Furius | 76 |
| 5 | 390 BC - Marcus Fabius Ambustus | 63 |
| 6 | 420 BC - Spurius Minucius | 60 |
| 7 | 431 BC - Aulus Cornelius Cossus | 50 |
| 8 | 180 BC - Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (d. 152 BC), consul in 187 BC and 175 BC, elected censor in 179 BC | 42 |
| 9 | 280 BC-254 BC ... | 41 |
| 10 | 115 BC - Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, consul 119 BC and censor 115 BC. | 37 |
| 11 | 332 BC - Publius Cornelius Calussa | 37 |
| 12 | 81 BC - Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (d. ca 63 BC), consul in 80 BC, | 37 |
| 13 | 130 BC - Publius Mucius Scaevola, consul in 133 BC | 36 |
| 14 | 12 BC to 376 - Held by the Emperors. Gratian was the 1st emperor of the Western Roman Empire refuse to hold the office of Pontifex Maximus. | 36 |
| 15 | 150 BC - Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (d. 141 BC), consul in 162 BC and 155 BC, censor 159 BC | 30 |
| 16 | 103 BC - Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (d. 88 BC), later elected consul 96 BC and censor in 92 BC | 27 |
| 17 | 141 BC - Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (d. 132 BC Pergamum, Asia Minor), consul in 138 BC | 27 |
| 18 | 89 BC - Quintus Mucius Scaevola (murdered 82 BC in the Temple of Vesta, during the last stages of the Social War), consul 95 BC | 26 |
| 19 | 132 BC - Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus (killed in battle 131 BC, Asia Minor), consul in 131 BC | 26 |
| 20 | 212 BC - Publius Licinius Crassus Dives (d. 183 BC), | 25 |
| 21 | 213 BC - Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, pontifex on the death of Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 275 BC). | 22 |
| 22 | 304 BC - Publius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (d. circa 280 BC), possibly Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, consul in 298 BC and censor in 280 BC. | 21 |
| 23 | 57 BC - Gaius Scribonius Curio | 21 |
| 24 | 243 BC - Lucius Caecilius Metellus (d. 221 BC), probably the consul of 251 BC and 247 BC | 17 |
| 25 | 152 BC-150 BC - Vacant; the position was not immediately filled after the death of Lepidus | 17 |
| 26 | 254 BC - Tiberius Coruncanius (d. 241 BC), consul in 280 BC. | 16 |
| 27 | 183 BC - Gaius Servilius Geminus (d. 180 BC), possibly Gaius Servilius C.f. Geminus who was consul in 203 BC with his Servilius cousin (both patricians, and both from the same gens in a late breach of the lex Licinia Sextia!) | 12 |
| 28 | 237 BC - Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus, consul in 237 BC (d. ca 213 BC) | 10 |
| 29 | 753 BC to 712 BC - Duties and power of office held by the Kings of Rome (Rex Sacrorum) | < 5 |
| 30 | also Princeps Senatus for some years. | < 5 |
| 31 | 712 BC - Numa Marcius (Rex Sacrorum) | < 5 |
| 32 | 509 BC - Papirius (1st Pontifex Maximus) | < 5 |
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