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Gubernatorial titles

  • Legatus Augusti pro praetoreA molding from the inscription in Kipfenberg, Bavaria bears the title legatus Augusti pro praetore. This official governed some Imperial provinces of the…
  • Roman governorA Roman governor served as the province's chief judge. He held the sole right to impose capital punishment on those accused of crimes within his jurisdiction.
  • Justice of the peaceIn 1195, King Richard I of England and his minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas.
  • PrefectThe Latin word praefectus emerged from the verb praeficere, meaning to put in front. In ancient Rome, this title designated officials whose authority came…