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
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 Mackail, J. W. (John William)
Sallust speaks of the political offices he filled, and of the class of men who were unsuccessful candidates about the same time—a supposed reference to M. Cato’s candidature for the praetorship, B.C.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
His praetorship, in accordance with the rules which now governed this magistracy in consequence of the multiplication of the courts of justice, confined his energies to Rome.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)
The praetorship of the city was a very high municipal office.
From History of Julius Caesar by Abbott, Jacob
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