Definition of propraetor. Meaning of propraetor. Synonyms of propraetor

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Definition of propraetor

propraetor
Propretor Pro*pre"tor, n. [L. propraetor; pro for, before + praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also propr[ae]tor.]

Meaning of propraetor from wikipedia

- regardless of their last urban magistracy. The titles "proconsul" and "propraetor" are not used by Livy or literary sources of the republican era. Those...
- commissioner in the colony at Cercina, military tribune, quaestor, praetor, and propraetor of Asia. The dates of these offices are unclear. The colony is probably...
- battle, the Samnites defeated a Roman legion under the command of the propraetor Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. Polybius of Megalopolis. Histories 2...
- 1 Propraetor ****tus Lucilius B****us 71–72 1 Propraetor Lucius Flavius Silva Nonius B****us 72–81 9 Propraetor Marcus Salvidienus 80–85 5 Propraetor Gnaeus...
- Tarentum to second his uncle Quinctius Claudus Flamininus, who was the propraetor in charge of the Roman garrison. Rome kept a strong military presence...
- River, Africa Office Quaestor (54 BC) Plebeian tribune (suffect) (50 BC) Propraetor (49 BC) Spouse Fulvia Children Gaius Scribonius Curio Parents Gaius Scribonius...
- position of propraetor was instituted. These were praetors whose imperium was extended and were given the task to command a reserve army. Propraetors had the...
- Lucius Licinius Murena was a Roman soldier and politician. He was notable for playing an important role in the Roman victory against the forces of Mithridates...
- who mentions him in several of his letters to Atticus. Publius Silius, propraetor of Bithynia and Pontus in 51 BC, and a friend of both Atticus and Cicero...
- the previous year, and carried related titles as governor (proconsul or propraetor). The first emperor, Octavi**** Augustus (who acquired or settled a number...