Editing Proconsul (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:CILI(2)p47fgtXXFastitriumphales.jpg|thumb|A tablet of ''Acta Triumphalia'' is displayed in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. This fragment covers the consulship of [[Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina|Asina]] and [[Gaius Duilius|Duilius]] (260 BC). Two proconsuls are mentioned, C.A. Quillius and M.A. Lucius.]]
The Latin word ''prōconsul'' is a shortened form of ''prō consule'', meaning "(one acting) on behalf of the consul."<ref>{{Cite OED | proconsul }}</ref> It appears on inscriptions beginning in 135 BC.<ref name=pauly>{{cite web|title=Proconsul|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/proconsul-e1009260#e1009270|website=[[Brill's New Pauly]]|date=October 2006|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> Ancient historians describe [[Quintus Publilius Philo]], the first proconsul, as acting ''prō consule'' for 326 BC.<ref>''Acta Triumphalia'' (CIL I.p.45), Livy (4–41.10; 8.23.12), and Suetonius (''Jul.'' 51.4)</ref><ref name=Glare>{{cite book |last=Glare |first=P. G. W. |chapter=consul, 1c |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJgaAQAAMAAJ |title=Oxford Latin Dictionary |year=1982 |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon press |isbn=978-0-19-958031-6}}</ref> For later proconsuls, the same sources use the shortened form.<ref>''Acta Triumphalia'' 24, CIL I.p.48</ref><ref>Livy, 10.16.2</ref><ref name=Suetonius /><ref name=Glare />