urbanus

A third magistrate with imperium, the praetor urbanus, was created in 363 (367) to relieve the consuls of some judicial responsibilities.

e. The Early Republic 2001

At the end of the old year Cicero appeared alone for the defendant in a preliminary hearing before the younger Dolabella, who was praetor urbanus.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

"He was a good praetor urbanus, I know, but I never heard he was a Marius upon the battlefield," said Merula.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

As a mark of courtesy toward one who had been praetor urbanus and would in all likelihood be consul, public business in the Forum Romanum had been suspended; those who would have been engaged in it waited instead for the cortege to appear, all clad in the toga pulla, the black toga of mourning.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Then at Tusculum Sulla found the praetor urbanus, Marcus Junius Brutus, waiting in the middle of the Via Latina with another praetor for moral support.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Though his experience in the law courts was nonexistent and his knowledge of Roman law minimal, Sulla enjoyed being the praetor urbanus.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

From the outset of his term as praetor urbanus, Sulla began to intrigue for one of the two governorships of the Spains, thus his cultivation of Scaurus Princeps Senatus — and, through Scaurus, of the other Senate leaders.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

He was like Teiresias; when the votes were counted, not only was Sulla a praetor, but — as he was returned at the top of the poll — he was also praetor urbanus.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Scaurus had come back to Rome for a special meeting of the Senate convened by the praetor urbanus Gaius Memmius to discuss a matter of some concern regarding Sardinia; the junior consul, Gaius Flavius Fimbria, was indisposed — - a common occurrence these days, it seemed to many.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

It will be up to the praetor urbanus to decide exactly how Bomilcar will be prosecuted.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990