Praetor (/ˈpriːtər/ PREE-tər, Classical Latin: [ˈprae̯tɔr]), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one...
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The Praetor's Edict (Edictum praetoris) in ancient Roman law was an annual declaration of principles made by the new praetor urbanus – the elected magistrate...
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Cursus honorum (section Praetor)
provincial governors. The Praetor Urbanus was not allowed to leave the city for more than ten days. If one of these two praetors was absent from Rome, the...
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forces. Two praetors each year had specific duties in Rome: the praetor urbanus (who presided in civil cases between citizens) and the praetor peregrinus...
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Sextus Julius Caesar (redirect from Sextus Julius Caesar (praetor urbanus 123 BC))
Sextus Julius Caesar may refer to: Sextus Julius Caesar (praetor 208 BC) Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 157 BC) Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 91 BC) Sextus...
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right-hand man Mark Antony in the Battle of Philippi. In 40 BC, he was praetor urbanus and played a major role in the Perusine war against Lucius Antonius...
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Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella was a nobleman of ancient Rome who served as praetor urbanus in 81 BCE, when the cause of Publius Quintius was tried, the subject...
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during the Samnite Wars. Publius was elected praetor urbanus with the additional jurisdiction of the praetor peregrinus in 212 BC. He presided over the...
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reward for the successes of his campaign in 12 BC, Drusus was made praetor urbanus for 11 BC when he returned to Rome for the winter. News of Drusus'...
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late 3rd century BC) was a member of the Manlia gens who stood as praetor urbanus in 210 BC. He was sent by the senate into Sicily to bring back the...
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a Roman politician who served as plebeian aedile in 208 BC and as praetor urbanus in 206 BC. He was the son of Lucius Caecilius Metellus and the brother...
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Cornelia gens (redirect from Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio (praetor 194 BC))
Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, praetor urbanus in 81 BC, an accomplice of Verres. Publius Cornelius Dolabella, praetor urbanus in 67 BC, and later proconsul...
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Lucius Julius Caesar (redirect from Lucius Julius (praetor urbanus 166 BC))
(consul 64 BC), Roman senator, uncle of Mark Antony Lucius Julius Caesar (praetor 183 BC) Lucius Julius Caesar (proquaestor) (died 46 BC), son of the consul...
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first established around 290 to 287 BC. They were supervised by the praetor urbanus. These triumviri, or the tresviri nocturni (so called because they...
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necessary for them to have such a place, they are to come to Rome to the praetor urbanus, and the senate is to decide on those matters, when their claims have...
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Claudia gens (redirect from Tiberius Claudius Nero (praetor 181 BC))
Marcus Claudius M. f. M. n. Marcellus, praetor urbanus in 188 BC, and consul in 183. Marcus Claudius Marcellus, praetor in 185 BC. Marcus Claudius Marcellus...
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Marcus Junius Brutus (category Roman Republican praetors)
remnants of the Pompeians at Thapsus in April. 45 BC: Caesar appoints him praetor urbanus for 44. 44 BC: Caesar takes title of dictator perpetuo. Brutus and...
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Republic. Promagistracies became fully institutionalised, and even the praetor urbanus was sometimes prorogued. Due to the lack of replacement magistrates...
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Praefectus urbi (redirect from Praefectus urbanus)
powers and responsibilities had been transferred to the urban praetor (praetor urbanus). The praefectus urbi was appointed each year for the sole purpose...
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Roman Republic, it was worn by generals in their triumphs, and by the Praetor Urbanus when he rode in the chariot of the gods into the circus at the Ludi...
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Lucius Scribonius Libo (redirect from Lucius Scribonius Libo (praetor 80 BC))
repaired and dedicated by another Libo, praetor of 80 BC. Lucius Scribonius Libo (fl. 1st century BC) was praetor urbanus in 80 BC. Scribonius was triumvir...
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consul was within the city, their civic duties were assumed by the praetor urbanus. Each consul was accompanied in every public appearance by twelve lictors...
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names as "Praetorius," referring to a former official position called "Praetor urbanus."[citation needed] Anton Praetorius (1560–1613), pastor, fighter against...
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Sulla (category 1st-century BC Roman praetors)
part in the defeat of the Cimbri at the Battle of Vercellae 97 BC: Praetor urbanus 96 BC: Propraetor of the province of Cilicia, pro consule; 90–89 BC:...
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great-grandfather of the dictator. Sextus Julius (Sex. f. Sex. n.) Caesar, praetor urbanus in 123 BC; he is probably the same Sextus Julius Caesar who was triumvir...
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important towns of Campania); these were at first mere deputies of the praetor urbanus, but after 123 BC were elected Roman magistrates, four in number; they...
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during the Second Punic War. Marcus Caecilius L. f. L. n. Metellus, praetor urbanus in 206 BC. Quintus Caecilius Q. f. L. n. Metellus, surnamed Macedonicus...
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belonged to the local Lecanii family, and its first known owner was praetor urbanus Caius (Gaius) Laecanius Bassus. A striking aspect of the recovered...
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Decimius Flavus, praetor urbanus in 184. (Gaius) Decimius Flavus, moneyer in 150 BC, perhaps a grandson of Gaius Decimius Flavus, praetor urbanus in 184. List...
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Cotta, praetor urbanus in 202 BC, and consul in 200, carried on the war against the Gauls in Italy. When the enemy was defeated by the praetor Lucius...
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