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    the 900 year old retired praetor Arne. Arne was a old praetor of Elysian Rome. Yes, Elysian Rome had been around for that long. Anyways, back near 840 years ago Arne was killed by his best friend. Well, before Arne took his “final breath” he prayed to Nemesis, the god of revenge. Nemesis saw what had happened and brought him back to life and gave him immortality to take revenge on his friend. Ever since then he helped prepare and train the praetors since usually the praetors didn’t train with lower

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    Marcus Brutus: Praetor, Senator, and Tragic Hero The famous play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by the esteemed playwright William Shakespeare, details the plight of Marcus Brutus and the other Roman conspirators against the dictator Julius Caesar. There are several tragic heroes in this play who suffer extreme downfalls. A tragic hero is a character who was once in high regard or standing but encounters a series of terrible events that contribute to a giant downfall from that position.

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    path that a Roman male would take through the ranks of government offices. The patrician male, who was a born in the upper class, would start as a quaestor, next curule aedile, then praetor, and finally consul. The plebeian male, who was born in the lower class, would start as a tribune, next plebeian aedile, then praetor, and finally consul. In times of emergency, a dictator was elected for six months with complete control of Rome. Each stage of the cursus honorum had many rules, from number of elected

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    (Government). Another official was the praetor (plural praetors or praetores). These officers were responsible for judicial cases of equity, and they were also responsible for the production and upkeep of the public games. When the consuls were absent, praetors were to exercise authority in the government. Before 337 B.C., the position was limited to the patricians of Rome, but after then, it was open to plebeians. Originally, there was a single praetor in charge of matters of equity. Then a

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    I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order. I resign my post and give you emergency field promotion to praetor , with the full powers of that rank. Take command of this legion!”(Riordan, 508-509) In this we see Jason give up is roman praetorship for Frank so that they could save the group. This

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    certain times, while also showing how different tasks were adopted by different officials, such as the task of managing distributions being shifted from the decemvirs to the urban praetor. A decree must be passed by the senate as authorisation for a viritane assignment, per agrarian law. This require the urban praetor to facilitate the election of decemvirs, who will then recruit settlers by gathering those who are eligible for receiving a viritane assignment. Eligibility was varied, and even

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    country. The legislative branch controls and advises the consuls or president on foreign policies. Rome has the Centuriate Assembly and Tribal Assembly and the U.S. has the House of Representatives which both make laws. The judicial branch elects Praetors and Supreme Court which oversees civil and criminal cases. The Twelve Tables and the U.S. Constitution both contain basic laws of their country. How are the governments of Rome and USA different?

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    Ulpanian Vs Ulpanius

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    Savigny argues as follows— Up to the time of Marcus Aurelius there were only three cases or kinds of Curatorship (Curatela) That which was founded on the lex Plaetoria, by which a minor who wished to enter into a contract with another, asked the praetor for a curator, stating the ground or occasion of the petition (reddita causa). One object of the application was, to save the other contracting

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    Still, during that time the emperor sometimes looked up to the Senate for making appropriate decisions, concerning the empire. Another example shows the complex system of Cursus Honorum. “Praetors: the praetorship was one of the most powerful offices in the Roman Republic, second only to the consulship. Urban praetors became increasingly responsible for law courts. During the empire they governed

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    and did not want to associate with the conspirators who had assassinated his newly adopted father, he knew that he had to support the Senate so that they would appoint him pro-praetor. The senate needed Octavian’s legions to help them fight Mark Antony in Mutina therefore they allowed him to become the youngest pro-praetor so that he could gain imperium to use the legions. Although Mark Antony was defeated at Mutina in 43BC, the senate’s consuls were killed during the battle leaving the remaining

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