Editing Promagistrate (section)

=== Propraetor ===
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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&nbsp;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}}