The fasces is an ancient symbol of authority related to a Roman magistrate.

Two corrupt, self-seeking senior Roman magistrates did that.

Some historians prefer 409 instead, the year when the Romano-Britons expelled Roman magistrates from their cities.

Roman magistrates often ignored these incidents and sometimes participated in them.

After a Roman magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic appointment to the Senate.

It derived from the name of one of the chief Roman magistrates, the praetor.

Roman magistrates has wide discretion in executing their tasks, and some question whether Pilate would have been so captive to the demands of the crowd.

The Consul was the highest Roman magistrate.

Roman magistrates were not lawyers, but were advised by jurists who were experts in the law.

Thus a "province" was a territory or function that a Roman magistrate held control of on behalf of his government.