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Rh Provincial Praetors. — In 227, the number of praetors was raised to four, one of whom was to be governor of Sicily, and another the governor of Sardinia and Corsica. This arrangement limited geographically the authority of the consuls, as the provincial praetors were in their own spheres commanders-in-chief, supreme magistrates and judges. Only the administration of the provincial finances was withheld from them and given to quaestors.