praetorship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of praetorship
Example Sentences
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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
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
This was also the sole function of the praetorship and quaestorship, which were now filled by imperial appointment upon the recommendation of the city prefects.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
In the mean time, his eldest died in his praetorship; of whom Cato often makes mention in his books, as having been a good man.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
The year of his praetorship, 66 B.C., is marked by the two orations which are on the whole his greatest, one public and the other private.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
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