propraetorian

Updated: June 7, 2025

On this supposition apparently Caesar had first prepared himself to meet an attack on Italy. One of the ablest of his officers, the tribune of the people Marcus Antonius, commanded there with propraetorian powers. The southeastern ports Sipus, Brundisium, Tarentum where an attempt at landing was first to be expected, had received a garrison of three legions.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

On this supposition apparently Caesar had first prepared himself to meet an attack on Italy. One of the ablest of his officers, the tribune of the people Marcus Antonius, commanded there with propraetorian powers. The southeastern ports Sipus, Brundisium, Tarentum where an attempt at landing was first to be expected, had received a garrison of three legions.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy