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 | | A promagistrate is a person who acts in and with the authority and capacity of a (A public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice) magistrate, but without holding a magisterial office. |
| | A promagistrate held equal authority to the equivalent magistrate, was attended by the same number of (Click link for more info and facts about lictor) lictors, and generally speaking had autocratic power within his province, be it territorial or otherwise. |
| | It became fairly common for provincial governors to seek continual election to office to avoid trial for extortion and bribery, several famous examples being (Click link for more info and facts about Gaius Verres) Gaius Verres and (Click link for more info and facts about Lucius Sergius Catilina) Lucius Sergius Catilina. |
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