id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5635 Praetor - Wikipedia .html text/html 4398 628 64 Praetor (/ˈpriːtər/ PREE-tər, Classical Latin: [ˈprae̯tɔr]), also spelled prætor or pretor in English, was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army (in the field or, less often, before the army had been mustered); and as an elected magistratus (magistrate), assigned various duties (which varied at different periods in Rome's history). From then on, praetors appear frequently in Roman history, first as generals and judges, then as provincial governors. Although in the later Empire the office was titled praetor inter cives et peregrinos ("among citizens and foreigners", that is, having jurisdiction in disputes between citizens and noncitizens), by the time of the 3rd century BC, Rome's territorial annexations and foreign populations were unlikely to require a new office dedicated solely to this task. List of Praetors of the Roman Republic Category:Roman praetors Roman praetors ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5635.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5635.txt