Editing Cursus honorum (section)

== Governor ==
{{Main|Roman governor}}
Although not part of the ''cursus honorum'', upon completing a term as either praetor or consul, an officer was required to serve a term as propraetor and [[proconsul]], respectively, in one of Rome's many [[Roman province|provinces]]. These propraetors and proconsuls held near autocratic authority within their selected province or provinces. Because each governor held equal ''imperium'' to the equivalent magistrate, they were escorted by the same number of lictors (12) and could only be vetoed by a reigning consul or praetor. Their abilities to govern were only limited by the decrees of the Senate or the [[Roman assemblies|people's assemblies]], and the [[Tribune|Tribune of the Plebs]] was unable to veto their acts as long as the governor remained at least a mile outside of Rome.