praetorship
Americannoun
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Origin of praetorship
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Ever since the House of Hades when he’d resigned his praetorship, ambrosia and nectar didn’t taste like his favourite foods from Camp Jupiter.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
After the fall of Vitellius he was saluted as Caesar, or prince imperial, by the troops, obtained the city praetorship, and was entrusted with the administration of Italy till his father’s return from the East.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
He had carried the praetorship against Cato; and Cicero in one of his speeches had painted him as another Clodius or Catiline.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
The other touched Popilius, who, in his praetorship, had banished all Tiberius's friends; whereupon Popilius, being unwilling to stand the hazard of a trial, fled out of Italy.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
Nibby and Mommsen believe Calvinus to be the magistrate mentioned twice by Cicero as a candidate against Glaucias in the contest for the praetorship of 125 b. c.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
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