proconsul
IPA: proʊkˈɑnsʌɫ
noun
- (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
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Examples of "proconsul" in Sentences
- It was a Senatorial province governed by a proconsul.
- And yet again lack of moral authority from Proconsul.
- After this meeting Marcellus earned the title of proconsul.
- A Roman governor is also known as a propraetor or proconsul.
- And of course the 'proconsul' would support a top down scheme.
- A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic.
- He was appointed the proconsul over Syria and the province of Asia.
- The earliest recognizable hominoid relatives of humans such as Proconsul.
- She was brought before the proconsul Optimus, and refused to abjure her faith.
- Antoninus had been entrusted with the government of this province as proconsul.