Praetors elected

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Often appears with: tarentum · strategy and the aims of war · propraetor to etruria · mobilization and recruitment · lot-drawing provinces · empire and the rule of provinces

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The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 secondary

Livy · c. 27 BCE–17 CE (composition of the History of Rome; these books 27–36 within that span)
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After praetors are elected and the dictator abdicates, Roman provinces are assigned: Varro to Etruria, Manlius to observe affairs abroad, and fleets and ambassadors to restore Sicilians and Tarentines; consuls elect provinces against Hannibal and Hasdrubal.

our country as we would that of parents, by patience and resignation." All exerting themselves to the utmost, they succeeded in uniting Marcus Livius in the consulate with Caius Claudius. 35. The third day afterwards the election of praetors was held. The praetors created were, Lucius Porcius Licinus, Caius Mamilius, Aulus Hostilius Cato, and Caius Hostilius Cato. The election completed, and the games celebrated, th…