The status of the praetor in the early republic is unclear. The traditional account from Livy claims that the praetorship was created by the See more

The elected praetor was a curule magistrate, exercised imperium, and consequently was one of the magistratus majores. He had the right to sit in the sella curulis and … See more

Roman court cases fell into the two broad categories of civil or criminal trials. The involvement of a Praetor in either was as follows. See more

By 395 AD, the praetors' responsibilities had been reduced to a purely municipal role. Their sole duty was to manage the spending of money on the exhibition of games or on public … See more

Republican
A second praetorship was created around 241 BC, more clearly separating this office from that of the … See more

When the Praetor administered justice in a tribunal, he sat on a sella curulis, which was that part of the court reserved for the Praetor and his assessors and friends, as opposed to the … See more

Like many other Roman institutions, the praetor (Greek: πραίτωρ, praitōr) survived in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Emperor Justinian I (r. 527–565) undertook a major … See more