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praetor
Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected magistratus (magistrate), assigned to discharge various duties. The functions of the magistracy, the praetura (praetorship), are described by the adjective itself: the praetoria potestas (praetorian power), the praetorium imperium (praetorian authority), and the praetorium ius (praetorian law), the legal precedents established by the praetores (praetors). Praetorium, as a substantive, denoted the location fro
Roman dictator
emergency magistrate of the Roman Republic, whose action are not subject to a veto
quaestor
A quaestor ( , ; ; "investigator") was a public official in ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times.
Roman censor
Roman magistrate responsible for the census and monitoring public morality
aedile
An (English: ) was a magistrate in the Roman Republic who had responsibilities for the upkeep of the city, such as its buildings, roads, and markets; the availability of grain at reasonable prices; and the holding of games. It also had some judicial functions, being able to issue fines and corporal punishments with an additional right to prosecute crimes before the assemblies, but by the middle republic was mostly an office used for distributing largesse to win the officeholder popular acclaim.
cursus honorum
the order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome
tribune of the plebs
ancient Roman title
military tribune
ancient Roman military position/title
Princeps senatus
senate opinion leader in ancient Rome
Vigintisexviri
The vigintisexviri ( vigintisexvir; ) were a college (collegium) of minor magistrates (magistratus minores) in the Roman Republic. The college consisted of six boards:
Roman governor
position
Lex Villia Annalis
statute
Master of the Horse
position of varying importance in several European nations
consul
Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states through antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular in the Republics of Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The related adjective is consular, from the Latin consularis. In modern terminology, a consul is a type of diplomat.