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Molding from the inscription in the Kastell Böhming [], Kipfenberg, Bavaria. A legatus Augusti pro praetore (lit. ' envoy of the emperor – acting for the praetor ') was the official title of the governor or general of some Imperial provinces of the Roman Empire during the Principate era, normally the larger ones or those where legions were based.
From the times of the Roman Republic, legates received large shares of the military's rewards at the end of a successful campaign. This made the position a lucrative one, so it could often attract even distinguished consuls or other high-ranking political figures within Roman politics (e.g., the consul Lucius Julius Caesar volunteered late in ...
The lex Gabinia (Gabinian Law), lex de uno imperatore contra praedones instituendo (Law establishing a single commander against raiders) or lex de piratis persequendis (Law on pursuing the pirates) [1] was an ancient Roman special law [2] passed in 67 BC, which granted Pompey the Great proconsular powers in any province within 50 miles of the Mediterranean Sea without holding a properly ...
Praetor (/ ˈ p r iː t ər / PREE-tər, Classical Latin: [ˈprae̯tɔr]), 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.
Titus Statilius Maximus Severus Hadrianus (propraetorian legate) 114-116 Gnaeus [Minicius Faustinus] (propraetorian legate) [5] 116-118 Aulus Platorius Nepos (propraetorian legate) 123-126 Quintus Tineius Rufus (propraetorian legate) 133-136 [...]cius Fronto (propraetorian legate) 138 [6] Julius Crassipes (propraetorian legate) 138-139
The governor was the province's chief judge. He had the sole right to impose capital punishment, and capital cases were normally tried before him.To appeal a governor's decision necessitated travelling to Rome and presenting one's case before either the praetor urbanus, or even the Emperor himself, an expensive, and thus rare, process.
The administration of Judaea as a province of Rome from 6 to 135 was carried out primarily by a series of Roman Prefects, Procurators, and Legates pro praetore. These administrators coincided with the ostensible rule by Hasmonean and Herodian rulers of Judea. The Roman administrators were as follows:
The Tusculum portrait, the only known depiction of Caesar produced during his lifetime. The lex Julia de repetundis ("Julian law on corruption") was a foundational corruption law of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. [1]