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Definition of Propraetors
1. propraetor [n] - See also: propraetor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propraetors
Literary usage of Propraetors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of by Thomas Wright (1861)
"... and his Sons—Expedition of Claudius— Conquests of the earlier
propraetors—Caractacus— ... propraetors ..."
2. The History of Roman Law from the Text of Ortolan's Histoire de la by Joseph-Louis-Elzéar Ortolan (1871)
"The proconsuls and the propraetors, as a general rule, were appointed for one
vear only, and were required, upon resigning their post, to render an account ..."
3. Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or, The Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. To which by Basil Kennett (1820)
"... prefixed for the continuance of their Praetorship, they took upon them the
names of propraetors, though they still kept the same authority as before. ..."
4. Handbook of the Roman Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey, Moses Aaron Dropsie (1883)
"... but which were also not wholly unimportant for the private law.* In the
provinces the edicts of proconsuls and propraetors were termed ..."
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