PRAETOR

Praetor

Praetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army ; or, an elected magistratus, assigned various duties . The functions of the magistracy, the praetura, are described by the adjective: the praetoria potestas, the praetorium imperium, and the praetorium ius, the legal precedents established by the praetores . Praetorium, as a substantive, denoted the location from which the praetor exercised his authority, either the headquarters of his castra, the courthouse of his judiciary, or the city ...

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praetor

Noun

  1. A consul in command of the army.
  2. An annually-elected curule magistrate, subordinate to the consuls in provincial administration, and who performed some of their duties; numbering initially only one, later two (either of the or the ), and eventually eighteen.
  1. A high civic or administrative official, especially a chief magistrate or mayor.
  2. The title of the chief magistrate, the mayor, and/or the podesta in Palermo, in Verona, and in various other parts of Italy.


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