promagistrate

English

Noun

promagistrate (plural promagistrates)

1. In ancient Rome, an ex-consul or ex-praetor whose imperium (the power to command an army) was extended at the end of his annual term of office or later.
   • 1888, James Gow, “Promagistrates”, in A Companion to School Classics, London: Macmillan and Co. and New York, page 181:

     The first promagistrate was Q. Publilius Philo (b.c. 327), who, after serving his year as consul, was retained in command of the army pro consule for another year by an extension (prorogatio) of his imperium; […].

   • 1901, George Willis Botsford, A History of Rome for High Schools and Academies, page 173:

     But on the expiration of their office, they became promagistrates with military authority for an additional year in the provinces.

   • 1998, Carroll Moulton, editor, Ancient Greece and Rome: An Encyclopedia for Students, →ISBN, page 104:

     Although promagistrates could not exercise their power in Rome itself, many were appointed to govern overseas territories.

Related terms

• promagistracy

Translations

ancient Roman office

• Italian: promagistrato m

Further reading

• Promagistrate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia