In 203 he was proconsul in Upper Italy, where, in conjunction with the praetor P. Quintilius Varus, he gained a hard-won victory over Mago, Hannibal’s brother, in Insubrian territory, and obliged him to leave Italy.
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Proconsul
//pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl//
Synonyms for "proconsul" (25 found)
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνθύπατος noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Bulgarian
1 entries- проконсул noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Catalan
1 entries- procònsol noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲁⲛⲑⲩⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Finnish
1 entries- prokonsuli noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
French
1 entries- proconsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Galician
1 entries- procónsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
German
1 entries- Statthalter noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Greek
1 entries- ανθύπατος noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Italian
1 entries- proconsole noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Latin
1 entries- prōcōnsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Polish
1 entries- prokonsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Portuguese
1 entries- procônsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prokonzul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Spanish
1 entries- procónsul noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
Volapük
3 entries- hiprokonsulan noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
- jiprokonsulan noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
- prokonsulan noun (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province)
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