Rather, he is to function as an imperial proconsul, wielding unfettered power over a militarily occupied country. |
The council has some powers, but the US proconsul, Paul Bremer, has a veto over its decisions. |
Why not go the full hog and ask Dublin to send a proconsul to the loyal colony? |
His inattention provides a foil for the conversion of the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus at the center of the image. |
With the defeat of Japan, MacArthur became the virtual American proconsul in Tokyo, often ignoring instructions from Washington on occupation policy. |
He would remain proconsul over Italy, Spain, Gaul and Syria, but the Senate would take up responsibility for the rest of the provinces. |