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proconsul
Sign in to savethumb|Scipio Africanus, one of Rome's greatest commanders, was a proconsul during the [[Second Punic War. He was one of the few proconsuls who did not first serve as consul.]] A proconsul was an official of ancient Rome who acted on behalf of a consul. A proconsul was typically a former consul. The term is also used in recent history for officials with delegated authority. In the Roman Republic, military command, or imperium, could be exercised constitutionally only by a consul. Only two consuls served at a time, each elected to a one-year term. They could not normally serve two terms in a row
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- position
- Subclass of
- promagistrate
- Country
- Ancient Rome
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- Category:Ancient Roman proconsuls
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- Proconsul
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In het Romeinse Rijk was een proconsul een magistraat die consul geweest was. De senaat benoemde deze ex-consuls vaak tot gouverneurs van een provincia. Deze proconsuls verrijkten zich vaak schaamteloos ten koste van de plaatselijke bevolking. Ze mochten ook legioenen aanvoeren, totdat Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus (Augustus) deze allemaal zelf cumuleerde en delegeerde aan legati Augusti pro praetore.
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