Latin political words and phrases

roughly 200-year-long period in Roman history

Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected magistratus (magistrate), assigned to discharge various duties. The functions of the magistracy, the praetura (praetorship), are described by the adjective itself: the praetoria potestas (praetorian power), the praetorium imperium (praetorian authority), and the praetorium ius (praetorian law), the legal precedents established by the praetores (praetors). Praetorium, as a substantive, denoted the location fro

A quaestor ( , ; ; "investigator") was a public official in ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times.

Latin phrase; philosophical theory of mind

Latin phrase meaning "first among equals"

Latin phrase used by Cato the Elder

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The title of imperator ( ) was originally the rough equivalent of commander under the Roman Republic. Later, it became a part of the titulature of the Roman emperors as their praenomen. The Roman emperors generally based their authority on multiple titles and positions, rather than preferring any single title. Nevertheless, imperator was used relatively consistently as an element of a Roman ruler's title throughout the Principate and the later Roman Empire. It was abbreviated to "IMP" in inscriptions. The word is an agentive form of the verb , meaning "to order, to command". The English word e

an agreement between those whose opinions differ, such that they agree to disagree

political slogan

Latin phrase meaning "voice of the people"

phrase

period of social, cultural, and economic stability after the conquests of the Mongol Empire in Eurasia during in the 13th and 14th centuries

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senior administrative officials in the Roman Empire

Latin phrase coined by Thomas Hobbes

customs and traditions of ancient Rome

The Latin term praetorium (also ' and ') originally identified the tent of a general within a Roman castrum (encampment), and derived from the title praetor, which identified a Roman magistrate. Originally, praetor ("leader") was the title of the ranking civil servant in the Roman Republic, but later identified a rank of office below the rank of consul.

Latin phrase, meaning 'public affair'

Historiographical term

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tax imposed on Jews in the Roman Empire

Latin phrase

The duumviri (Latin for 'two men'), originally duoviri and also known in English as the duumvirs, were any of various joint magistrates of ancient Rome. Such pairs of Roman magistrates were appointed at various periods of Roman history both in Rome itself and in the colonies and municipia.

policy of abstention from the polls in parliamentary elections

Latin expression

thumb|right|Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht. The term ' or "debellation'" (Latin 'defeating, or the act of conquering or subduing', literally, 'warring (the enemy) down', from Latin 'war') describes a situation in which an interstate war ends not with a peace treaty nor a ceasefire, but with the catastrophic state collapse of the losing party as a result of comprehensive military defeat, typically resulting in the disintegration of the institutions capable of issuing an authoritative instrument of surrender.

historical period

historiographical term

legal maxim by Cicero

latin phrase

Mediaeval instruction of English government

a city or region which is given a special legal and political status, but which falls short of being sovereign or independent

Latin phrase meaning "son of a god"

thumb|Bronze statuette of Roma or Virtus, (Getty Villa) '''''' () was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus.

Historiographical term

office held by Julius Caesar

motto associated with Louis XIV

Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states through antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular in the Republics of Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The related adjective is consular, from the Latin consularis. In modern terminology, a consul is a type of diplomat.

Roman phrase

special status of Aruba within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Term for relative peace in organized crime

historiographical term