Praetorium

The war-council meetings held in the tent of a general gave administrative and juridical meanings to the term praetorium, a usage continued into the Byzantine Empire, where the term praitōrion identified the residence of the governor of a city.

The term also designated the headquarters of the Roman emperor,[1] as well as the camp of the Praetorian Guard stationed in Rome.

[2] The praetorium was constructed around two open courts, which correspond to the atrium and peristyle of the Roman house.

[6] A praetorium would normally display information regarding the sportulae (schedule of fees and taxes) of its region carved directly into the walls of its main public areas.

[7] In the New Testament, praetorium refers to the palace of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judea, which is believed to have been in one of the residential palaces built by Herod the Great for himself in Jerusalem, which at that time was also the residence of his son, king Herod II.