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"praetor”
Allusion
Act 1,
Scene 3
Lines 140-147

An explanation of “praetor” in Act 1, Scene 3 of myShakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Cinna

O Cassius, if you could
But win the noble Brutus to our party —

Cassius

Be you content.  Good Cinna, take this paper,
And look you lay it in the praetor's chair,
Where Brutus may but find it; and throw this
In at his window.  Set this up with wax
Upon old Brutus' statue.  All this done,
Repair to Pompey's porch where you shall find us.

Caesar had made Brutus a praetor, one of the most powerful positions in the government.