The status of the praetor in the early republic is unclear. The traditional account from Livy claims that the praetorship was created by the Sextian-Licinian Rogations in 367 BC, but it was … 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 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 works. However, with the decline of the other traditional Roman offices such as that of 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 … See more

Like many other Roman institutions, the praetor (Greek: πραίτωρ, praitōr) survived in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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