Praetor
OFFICIAL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Praetors; Urban praetor; Praetor Peregrinus; Praetor peregrinus; Prætor; Praetor perigrinus; Urban Praetor; Pretor; Praetorship; Praitor; Praetor urbanus; Praetor Urbanus; Praetor of the Plebs; Praetorian rank
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: the praetoria potestas (praetorian power), the praetorium imperium (praetorian authority), and the praetorium ius (praetorian law), the legal precedents established by the praetores (praetors).