Sentence example with the word 'proconsul'

proconsul

beg, bey, collector, eparch, gauleiter, governor-general, lieutenant governor, nawab, provincial, stadtholder, tetrarch, vice-king, wali

Definition n. an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

Last update: October 14, 2015


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Caecilius Metellus was proconsul and earned a triumph after two years' fighting: but even in the time of Strabo there was considerable brigandage.   [Please select]

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When I was in Africa men called me a great proconsul.   [Please select]

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As general, and as governor of Rome, as consul and proconsul, I have spared whom I might.   [Please select]

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Fulvius Flaccus was sent against the Salluvii; and, three years afterwards,[9] the proconsul C.   [Please select]

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The proconsul replied that he was not forgetful of old affronts, but that recent injuries were sufficient motives for his conduct.   [Please select]

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Valerius Præconinus had lost his army and his life, and the proconsul L.   [Please select]

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Meanwhile the Senate declared the Republic in danger, and charged the interrex, the tribunes of the people, and the proconsul Cn.   [Please select]

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Petronius on a time had been proconsul in Bithynia, and, what is more, he had governed with energy and justice.   [Please select]

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"' The proconsul, when he heard this, grew pale, and turning to his guests, disbelievers like himself, said: 'Do ye know what was in the letter."   [Please select]

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