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== Types == [[File:Lukullus wiki.png|thumb|Marble bust of a person that is traditionally identified to be [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]]. Lucullus was quaestor in 87 BC under Sulla and acted ''pro quaestore'' campaigning in the East all the way until 80 BC.{{sfn|Broughton|1952|p=580}} ]] === Proconsul === {{anchor|Proconsul}} {{anchor|pro consule}} {{main|Proconsul}} === Propraetor === {{anchor|Propraetor}} {{anchor|pro praetore}} A '''propraetor''' was a form of promagistrate, as the name implies, acting in place of a praetor. Initially, praetors who were prorogued continued to act ''pro praetore'' after their terms, but through the second century, prorogued praetors started to be titled the more prestigious ''pro consule'' instead. After the time of Sulla, all governors were prorogued ''pro consule''.<ref>{{harvnb|Badian|Lintott|2016|ps=. "After Sulla, all governors seemed to have been ranked {{lang|la|pro consule}}".}}</ref> One of the few exceptions to this rule was a senatorial snub against [[Augustus|Octavian]] in 43 BC when he was vested with ''imperium'' and prorogued ''pro praetore'', putting him lower in status than all other promagistrates.{{Sfn|Drogula|2015|p=341}} If a governor died in office, it was normal for his quaestor to assume command ''pro praetore''. It also became normal for legates during the late republic to be titled ''pro praetore'' if they were themselves vested with ''imperium''. Pompey, for example, received such legates during the campaign against the pirates in consequence of the [[Lex Gabinia de piratis persequendis|''lex Gabinia'']]. During the imperial period, the legates of the emperor were titled [[Legatus Augusti pro praetore|''pro praetore'']], consistent with late republican practice; the quaestors and legates of the public provinces were by this period similarly granted praetorian ''imperium'' and likewise titled ''pro praetore''.{{sfn|Kierdorf|2006b}} === Proquaestor === {{anchor|Proquaestor}} A '''proquaestor''' was a person who took up the administrative duties normally adopted by a [[quaestor]]. This was normally done in the absence of a questor, usually by death or resignation. In such cases, a governor normally named a member of his staff: for example, [[Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella]] named [[Gaius Verres]] to serve ''pro quaestore'' in 80 BC.<ref>{{harvnb|Kierdorf|2006c}}, citing Cic. ''Verr.'', 2.1.41.</ref> At other times, ex-quaestors were sent or kept as proquaestor to act as someone's quaestor. But more extraordinarily, in the absence of sufficient governors or to complete some specific task, an ex-quaestor could be sent as a governor with the title ''pro quaestor pro praetore''.<ref>{{harvnb|Kierdorf|2006c}}, citing Cic. ''Fam.'' 5.6 ([[Publius Sestius]]), 2.18 ([[Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony)|Lucius Antonius]]), 12.15.</ref> For example, [[Cato the Younger|Marcus Porcius Cato]] was dispatched to Cyprus ''pro quaestore pro praetore'' to handle the annexation of the island.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Drogula |first=Fred K |title=Cato the Younger: life and death at the end of the Roman republic |date=2019 |isbn=978-0190869021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |oclc=1090168108 |page=158 }}</ref> === Procurator === {{main|Procurator (ancient Rome)}} The title ''procurator'' is not related to prorogation and is not a promagistracy. Procurators were originally agents of rich men, later of the emperor, who acted on his patron's behalf with regard to financial matters.{{cn |date=March 2023}}
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