Definitionn. an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
Last update: September 1, 2015
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But the presiding judge, the city praetor, M'. [Please select]
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His father died while praetor, and when he himself was a child. [Please select]
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I shall go first to the house of Gallus the praetor, he is one of my best friends. [Please select]
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I tell her I am not praetor of the fire guard, and that it does not come within my scope of duty. [Please select]
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At first one praetor was sufficient, but as the limits of the city and empire extended, he was joined by a colleague. [Please select]
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The praetor delegated his power to three classes of judges, called respectively _judex_, _arbiter_, and _recuperator_. [Please select]
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The arbiter, like the judex, received a formula from the praetor, and seemed to have more extensive power. [Please select]
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Afterward he made a great fortune as praetor and governor of Numidia, and lived in magnificence on the Quirinal,--one of the most profligate of the literary men of antiquity. [Please select]
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The courts of justice were the scenes of his earliest triumphs; nor until he was praetor did he speak from the rostrum on mere political questions, as in reference to the Manilian and Agrarian laws. [Please select]
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