praetors

All that Heineccius says about the usurpation of the right of making these edicts by the praetors is false, and contrary to all historical testimony.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

They were men of great expectations, since the praetors were the second highest-ranking of the annually elected public officials in Rome; only the two consuls stood higher.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

They were men of great expectations, since the praetors were the second highest-ranking of the annually elected public officials in Rome; only the two consuls stood higher.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

They were men of great expectations, since the praetors were the second highest-ranking of the annually elected public officials in Rome; only the two consuls stood higher.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

They were men of great expectations, since the praetors were the second highest-ranking of the annually elected public officials in Rome; only the two consuls stood higher.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The praetors were the true organs of public opinion.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

In the beginning of the seventh century of Rome they were made perpetual: four praetors were annually empowered to sit in judgment on the state offences of treason, extortion, peculation, and bribery; and Sylla added new praetors and new questions for those crimes which more directly injure the safety of individuals.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The praetors, however, subsequently allowed the person outraged to put his own estimate on the wrong, the judge having a discretion to condemn the defendant either in the sum so named by the plaintiff, or in a less amount; and of these two kinds of penalties that fixed by the Twelve Tables is now obsolete, while that introduced by the praetors, which is also called 'honorary,' is most usual in the actual practice of the courts.

The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891

Such colonies were ruled by "praetors" (R.V. marg.,

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Colossal likenesses of praetors and senators, of military leaders and heroic soldiers, stood with their backs to the outside, as though standing guard over the grounds within.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011