praectus praetoris (English spelling) praectuspraetoris

Japanese: praectus praetoris(英語表記)praectuspraetoris
praectus praetoris (English spelling) praectuspraetoris

...An ancient state that arose as a city-state on the banks of the Tiber River in the central part of the Italian peninsula, in what is now Italy, and later built the greatest empire in world history.
[Position in world history]
Among the many nations and empires that have appeared in history, Rome occupies a special place in world history. As symbolically expressed by two proverbs about Rome, "Rome wasn't built in a day" and "All roads lead to Rome," Rome was able to build a great empire over a period of time rarely seen in world history, and to maintain and develop it for an equally unparalleled long period of time. Rome's place in world history is also clearly illustrated by the fact that Rome absorbed advanced civilizations that existed before it and passed them on to the world of the next generation, as seen in the Roman public roads that radiated from Rome to all parts of the empire and carried people and goods from the periphery to Rome.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "praectus praetoris" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イタリア半島の中央部,現在のイタリア,テベレ河畔に都市国家として興り,のち世界史上未曾有の大帝国を築いた古代国家。
[世界史的位置]
 歴史上に現れた多くの国家や帝国のなかで,ローマは特別の世界史的位置を占めている。それは,ローマについていわれてきた二つの諺,〈ローマは一日にして成らず〉と〈すべての道はローマに通ず〉が象徴的に表しているように,世界史上まれにみる長年月の間に大帝国を建設し,かつそれをこれまた比類のない長い年月の間維持発展させることができたという事実,またローマを中心に帝国各地に放射し辺境から人間や物資をローマに運んだローマの公道のように,これ以前の先進文明を吸収し,それを次代の諸世界へとそれぞれ伝えていったというもう一つの事実が,ローマの世界史的位置を端的に物語っている。…

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