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Type Words
Type of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
Derivation praetor

Examples of praetorship

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In 443 BC, the censorship was created, and in 366 BC, the praetorship was created.
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In 74, by lavish use of bribes, Verres secured the city praetorship.
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From 218 BCE to 395 CE, Malta was under Roman political control, initially as a praetorship of Sicily.
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Vistilia was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century and came from a family that held the praetorship.
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Most provinces were governed by propraetors who had served an annual term in the praetorship the year before.
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In preparation for a praetorship, Vespasian needed two periods of service in the minor magistracies, one military and the other public.
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The Julii Caesares were a patrician family, but at this period seem to have found it hard to advance above the praetorship.
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Even so, to avoid becoming a private citizen and thus be open to prosecution for his debts, Caesar left for his province before his praetorship had ended.
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Though the office was usually held after the quaestorship and before the praetorship, there are some cases with former praetors serving as aediles.
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  • The office of praetor
  • (praetor) an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
  • 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, usually in the field, or the named commander before mustering the army; and an elected magistratus (magistrate) assigned varied duties (per the historical ...
  • (Praetor) class Star Battlecruiser
  • (praetor) civil & criminal judges; after one year, may be provincial governors by prorogatio. The praetorship was created as a separate office to provide for the jurisdiction of civil suits and to provide additional magistrates with imperium. ...
  • (praetor) magistrate. (Julius Caesar)