praetor

official of the Roman Republic
Thing elective_office Q172907
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praetor

Summary

praetor is an elective office[1]. praetor has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • praetor is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].
  • praetor's instance of is recorded as elective office[4].
  • praetor is a type of Roman magistrate[5].
  • praetor is part of cursus honorum[6].
  • praetor's field of this occupation is recorded as praetorship[7].
  • praetor comprises praetor urbanus[8].
  • praetor comprises praetor peregrinus[9].
  • praetor comprises praetor of the aerarium[10].
  • 366 BC marks the founding of praetor[11].
  • praetor was dissolved in 500[12].
  • praetor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Roman praetors[13].
  • praetor's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Ancient Rome[14].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[22].
  • praetor's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[23].
  • praetor's has characteristic is recorded as imperium[24].
  • praetor's has characteristic is recorded as collegiality[25].
  • praetor's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'praetor'}[26].
  • praetor dates from the classical antiquity[27].

Body

Definition and Type

praetor's instance of is recorded as elective office[4]. praetor is a type of Roman magistrate[5].

Origins

366 BC marks the founding of praetor[11].

Use and Application

Components include praetor urbanus[8], a position[28], in Ancient Rome[29]; praetor peregrinus[9], a position[30], in Ancient Rome[31]; and praetor of the aerarium[10]. praetor is part of cursus honorum[6].

Why It Matters

praetor has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] praetor is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 5305
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5305, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287372|praetor (#107287372)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary"
  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Prerequisite quaestor
    Organization directed by the office or position praetorship
    Instance of elective office
    Country Ancient Rome
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536381705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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