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praetor
praetor , in ancient Rome, originally a consul , and later a judicial magistrate (from c.366 BC). In 242 BC two praetors were appointed, the urban praetor ( praetor urbanus ), deciding cases to which citizens were parties, and the peregrine praetor ( praetor peregrinus ) deciding cases between fore... Read more
fasces
fasces [Lat.,=bundles], ancient Roman symbol of the regal and later the magisterial authority. The fasces were cylindrical bundles of wooden rods, tied tightly together, from which an axe projected; they were borne by guards, called lictors, before praetors, consuls, proconsuls, dictators, and empe... Read more
quaestor
quaestor , Roman magistrate, with responsibility for the treasury; in early times a quaestor also had judicial powers. At first there were two quaestors. Sulla named 20, and Caesar set 40 as the number (45 BC), but Augustus reduced them to 20. Quaestors were in theory deputies for consuls, praetors,... Read more
Galba
Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) , 3 BC-AD 69, Roman emperor (AD 68-AD 69). He distinguished himself in a political and military career as praetor (AD 20), governor of Aquitania, consul (AD 33), commander in Gaul, and governor of Hispania Tarraconensis (AD 60). In AD 68 an insurrection against Ner... Read more
consul
consul title of the two chief magistrates of ancient Rome. The institution is supposed to have arisen with the expulsion of the kings, traditionally in 510 BC, and it was well established by the early 4th cent. BC The consuls led the troops, controlled the treasury, and were supreme in the governme... Read more
Cinna
Cinna (Lucius Cornelius Cinna) , d. 84 BC, Roman politician, consul (87 BC-84 BC), and leader of the popular party. Shortly after Cinna's first election, Sulla left Rome to fight against Mithradates VI of Pontus, having received from Cinna and Cinna's colleague Gnaeus Octavius a promise to maint... Read more
handkerchief
handkerchief In classical Greece pieces of fine perfumed cotton, known as mouth or perspiration cloths, were often used by the wealthy. From the 1st cent. BC, Roman men of rank used an oblong cloth of linen (the sudarium ) chiefly to wipe perspiration from the face and hands. During the empire a s... Read more
Roman law
Roman law the legal system of Rome from the supposed founding of the city in 753 BC to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in AD 1453; it was later adopted as the basis of modern civil law . Most authorities, however, disregard the largely static period following the reign of Justinian I (527-65). ... Read more
Sallust
Sallust (Caius Sallustius Crispus) , 86 BC-c.34 BC, Roman historian. He was tribune of the people (52 BC) and praetor (46). He was ejected (50) from the senate ostensibly for adultery, but more probably because of his partisanship for Caesar. He served with Caesar after his praetorship and was his... Read more
Brutus
Brutus , in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus, fl. 510 BC, was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (see under Tarquin ). Roman historians tell how he led the Romans in expelling the Tarquins... Read more

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praetor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...In 242 BC two praetors were appointed, the urban praetor ( praetor urbanus...the peregrine praetor when he was holding...Two additional praetors were appointed...principal duty of praetors was the production...functions of the praetor were gradually...
Roman law
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...i.e., the law of the praetors (chief magistrates). On assuming office the praetor announced the principles...govern his decisions. The praetors also contributed greatly...largely passed from the praetors (the practice of issuing...
Brutus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after the rape of Lucrece, how he became one of the first praetors (there were no consuls), and how he executed his sons for...governor of Cisalpine Gaul (46 BC), and, in 44 BC, urban praetor. Nevertheless, he joined Cassius in the plot against Caesar...
Metellus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...exile, continued his father's opposition to Marius. As praetor (89 BC) he fought in the Social War; in the civil war that...Metellus Celer, d. 59 BC He fought in Asia under Pompey and was praetor (63 BC) in Cicero's consulship. He was consul in 60 BC...
Lentulus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the senate because of it. He was quaestor (81) and twice praetor (75 and 63). He joined the conspiracy of Catiline , who...Lentulus Spinther, d. after 49 BC, was curule aedile (63), praetor (60), and consul (57). He was a consistent partisan of...
Lepidus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Antiochus III of Syria. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, d. 77 BC, was praetor of Sicily (81 BC). As consul (78 BC), he was bitterly...Italy. His son, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, d. 13 BC, was praetor (49 BC) and consul (46 BC) with Caesar. He was appointed...
Sculpture In the Supreme Court Building
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...contributions of Greece and Rome: two litigants argue their claims before a council of elders, as described in the Iliad ; a Roman praetor hands down a judicial edict; the jurist Julian instructs a pupil; and the emperor Justinian proclaims his famous Code (see...
Marcus Junius Brutus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Brutus favor, appointing him governor of Cisalpine Gaul in 46 and choosing him over Cassius for the important post of city praetor for 44. The Conspiracy Brutus's reasons for joining the conspiracy against Caesar were complex: the persuasiveness of its...
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...case won him great acclaim and considerably helped his political career. In 69 Cicero held the office of aedile and that of praetor in 66, in which year he made his first major political speech in support of the extension of Pompey's command in the Mediterranean...
Spartacus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Roman response to the uprising was at first slow and inadequate. Spartacus defeated local levies led by a propraetor and a praetor in three sharp engagements. The slaves then broke out of Campania and raided all of southern Italy, eventually establishing...

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praetor
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology praetor, U.S. pretor magistrate of ancient Rome. XV. — F. préteur or L. prætor (-ōr...
comitia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and age. It remained the electoral assembly for consuls and praetors. The “Tributa” was the meeting of the...x201C;Centuriata” it was convened by consuls or praetors and became the main legislative body and elected most of the...
Praetorian Guard
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Praetorian Guard in ancient Rome, the bodyguard of the Roman praetor or (later) emperor; in extended use, a group using its power and influence to support or defend a leader or central figure, or an established system.
curule
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable curule denoting or relating to the authority exercised by the senior magistrates in ancient Rome, chiefly the consul and praetor, who were entitled to use the sella curulis (‘curule seat’, a kind of folding chair). The word is...
Cursus Honorum
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the middle and late republic, specific minimum ages and intervals between offices were established by statute. Quaestors, praetors, and consuls were often employed after their year of office at Rome as “pro-magistrates” to administer...
fasces
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...authority both within and outside Rome. After the expulsion of the ETRUSCAN kings, consuls had twelve fasces (a dictator 24), praetors six, lesser magistrates fewer. Originally axes were included in the bundle; but from the early republic the axe was removed...
pretor
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English pre·tor / ˈprētər / • n. variant spelling of praetor .
Lucretius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...with Roman literature. It is written for “ Memmius, “ probably C. Memmi us, a Roman aristocrat who was praetor in 58 B.C. and later governor of Bithynia. The poem is written in Latin hexameters and divided by the poet into six...
praetorian
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History praetorian Originally a bodyguard for a Roman general or ‘praetor’. In 27 BC AUGUSTUS established nine cohorts of such troops in and near Rome. They were an élite, better...

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