consul

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The name of Consul was still preserved, these officers being yearly appointed by the emperor; but we now notice the titles of Count and Duke joined with those of Quæstors and Proconsuls.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

But within the senatorian jurisdiction, these governors, with the title of Proconsuls, were to have no military power whatsoever; and the appointments were good only for a single year.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

But it had become the way with all Proconsuls who of late years had been sent forth from Rome into the provinces.

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Still more is this thought forced on us when we think of Proconsuls and Propraetors who came home glutted with the spoils of their provinces, which they squandered in the coarsest luxury.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

The Consuls and Praetors were to remain at Rome during their first year of office, and then go to the provinces as Proconsuls and Propraetors.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin