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Prefect in ancient Rome
Look up praefectus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Praefectus, often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking
Praefectus
Roman army position responsible for logistics and training
The praefectus castrorum ("camp prefect") was, in the Roman army of the early Empire, the third most senior staff officer of the Roman legion after the
Praefectus_castrorum
Magistrate of Rome
The praefectus urbanus, also called praefectus urbi or urban prefect in English, was praefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The
Praefectus_urbi
Class of voluntarily reenlisted soldier in the Ancient Roman army
could they belong to certain cohorts in the army. Cicero speaks of a Praefectus evocatorum, an officer in charge of the evocati. The name evocati was
Evocatus
Chief of watchmen of ancient Rome
The praefectus vigilum (lit. 'prefect of the watchmen', pl.: praefecti vigilum) was, starting with the reign of the Emperor Augustus, the commander of
Praefectus_vigilum
Praefectus Marcus Ambivulus 9–12 3 Praefectus Annius Rufus 12–15 3 Praefectus Valerius Gratus 15–26 11 Praefectus Pontius Pilatus 26–36 10 Praefectus
Roman administration of Judaea (AD 6–135)
Roman_administration_of_Judaea_(AD_6–135)
styled uniquely Praefectus Augustalis, indicating that he governed in the personal name of the emperor, the "Augustus". The praefectus Aegypti was considered
List of governors of Roman Egypt
List_of_governors_of_Roman_Egypt
Term used in the late Roman Empire
places the two terms together, e.g. the praefectus laetorum gentilium Svevorum at Bayeux and the praefectus laetorum gentilium at Reims. Reproductively
Laeti
High office in the Roman Empire
The praetorian prefect (Latin: praefectus praetorio; Greek: ἔπαρχος/ὕπαρχος τῶν πραιτωρίων) was a high office in the Roman Empire established by Emperor
Praetorian_prefect
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
crisis. Another food crisis in AD 8 prompted Augustus to establish a praefectus annonae, a permanent prefect who was in charge of procuring food supplies
Augustus
Manager of the grain supply to Roman cities
The praefectus annonae ("prefect of the provisions"), also called the praefectus rei frumentariae ("prefect of the grain supply"), was a Roman official
Praefectus_annonae
Roman Empire from about 27 BC to 476 AD
legatus' staff officers. In addition, Augustus established a new post of praefectus castrorum (literally "prefect of the camp"), to be filled by a Roman knight
Imperial_Roman_army
Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Byzantine_Empire
5th-century politician of the Eastern Roman Empire
Ἀδαμάντιος; fl. 474–479) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople (474–479), patricius and honorary consul. Adamantius
Adamantius_(praefectus_urbi)
Holy Roman official or schoolmaster
(literally "court-master" or "house-master" in German; Latin: Magister, Praefectus curiae; Danish: hofmester, hovmester, Swedish: hovmästare, Czech: hofmistr
Hofmeister_(office)
Roman statesman and lawyer (106–43 BC)
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Cicero
Roman senator
Antium (CIL X, 6656). Between November 22, 382, and August 25, 383 he was praefectus urbi of Rome. In this capacity he investigated a dispute between Cyriades
Anicius Auchenius Bassus (prefect)
Anicius_Auchenius_Bassus_(prefect)
Roman soldier and governor of Egypt (died 270)
of the province of Numidia (i.e. Praeses Numidiae) and of Egypt, (i.e. Praefectus Aegypti). These were both very senior procuratorial offices, the latter
Tenagino_Probus
2nd Century AD Roman military commander
the Legio VI Victrix, Prefect of the Legion (Praefectus Legionis), was equivalent to that of the Praefectus Castrorum. Men who had achieved this title were
Lucius_Artorius_Castus
Roman military rank
they wished to become an independent commander of an auxilia unit or the praefectus castrorum. During the Roman Empire, the emperor Claudius created the office
Primus_pilus
Tullius state that two centuriae of fabri served under an officer, the praefectus fabrum.[citation needed] Roman military engineering took both routine
Roman_military_engineering
Military treasury of Imperial Rome
disruptive confiscation of property. The praefecti aerarii militaris (singular praefectus) were the three prefects who oversaw the treasury. The Imperial biographer
Aerarium_militare
Infantry unit of the Roman auxiliary forces
placed under a praefectus cohortis of the Equestrian order. The troop body of a cohors quingenaria, in addition to the officers (the praefectus cohortis and
Cohors_peditata
Magisterial title
Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition
Prefect
UK botanist
Timothy Walker (born 10 July 1958) is a British botanist. He was the Horti Praefectus (Director) of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum
Timothy_Walker_(botanist)
Ancient Roman triumphal column
lines of the inscription in Greek on the column's socle relate that a Praefectus Aegypti (Ancient Greek: ἔπαρχος Αἰγύπτου, romanized: eparchos Aigyptou
Pompey's_Pillar
Etruscan and Roman family
Publilius, was praefectus urbi of Rome in AD 402. Caecina Decius Aginatius Albinus, praefectus urbi of Rome in AD 414. Albinus, praefectus urbi of Rome
Caecinia_gens
Officer of the Roman army
an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the praefectus castrorum (a centurion). Young men of Equestrian rank often served as
Military_tribune
Ancient Roman family
The gens Pactumeia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are not mentioned by the historians until imperial times, when one
Pactumeia_gens
Commander of the Roman army in Northern England
command of this Dux: Praefectus Legionis sextae Praefectus Numeri directorum, Verteris Praefectus Numeri exploratorum, Lavatrae Praefectus Equitum Dalmatarum
Dux_Britanniarum
Adelphius, who had been praefectus urbi in 351, and of Faltonia Betitia Proba, a poet. His brother, Faltonius Probus Alypius, was praefectus urbi of Rome in 391
Quintus Clodius Hermogenianus Olybrius
Quintus_Clodius_Hermogenianus_Olybrius
Navy of ancient Rome
It was therefore during the Punic Wars that the separate position of praefectus classis ("fleet prefect") first appeared. Initially subordinate to the
Roman_navy
Representative of a head of state, usually for a colony
lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius). From Old English stíweard, stiȝweard, from stiȝ "hall,
Steward_(office)
Non-citizen troops in the Imperial Roman army
had an officer staff of six tribuni militum and one praefectus castrorum), an auxiliary praefectus does not appear to have enjoyed the support of purely
Auxilia
Social class in ancient Rome
("three services"): praefectus of a cohors (auxiliary infantry regiment), followed by tribunus militum in a legion, and finally praefectus of an ala (auxiliary
Equites
Prefecture of the Late Roman Empire
The Praetorian Prefecture of Gaul (Latin: praefectura praetorio Galliarum) was one of four large prefectures into which the Late Roman Empire was divided
Praetorian_prefecture_of_Gaul
Western Roman military office
Dux:[citation needed] Praefectus (commander): In the late Roman army, this rank referred to both a commander of a cavalry or fleet unit (praefectus classis) and
Dux_Mogontiacensis
Egyptian Christian monk
in the power struggle between the bishop Cyril of Alexandria and the Praefectus augustalis Orestes in the 5th century. Ammonius was part of a group of
Ammonius_(Alexandrian_monk)
Roman aristocrat
a son Rufius, and who was Namatianus' successor as praefectus urbi. During his tenure as praefectus urbi, Albinus requested the emperor Honorius to increment
Caecina Decius Aginatius Albinus
Caecina_Decius_Aginatius_Albinus
Sailors in the Roman army
Commandery: praefectus classis, or fleet commander, where praefectus classis Misenensis represented the most coveted command post, along with praefectus classis
Classiarius
Ancient Roman family
The gens Scribonia was a plebeian family of ancient Rome. Members of this gens first appear in history at the time of the Second Punic War, but the first
Scribonia_gens
Roman province that encompassed most of modern-day Egypt
in Latin: praefectus Alexandreae et Aegypti, lit. 'prefect of Alexandria and Egypt' and more usually referred to as the Latin: praefectus Aegypti, lit
Roman_Egypt
Administrative area of the Roman/Byzantine Empire in Africa (381–539)
Its capital was at Alexandria, and its governor had the unique title of praefectus augustalis ("Augustal Prefect", of the rank vir spectabilis; previously
Diocese_of_Egypt
Roman governor of Egypt
was a Roman civil official who served as governor or prefect of Egypt (praefectus Aegypti) from 364 to 366. He was a native of Illyricum, the only one since
Flavianus_(prefect_of_Egypt)
Roman politician
with all honors, then he appointed Maximus as praefectus urbi of Rome in place of Tertullus (praefectus urbi); his choice was motivated by the desire
Maximus (urban prefect under Julian)
Maximus_(urban_prefect_under_Julian)
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Acilius Severus (consul) (fl. AD 323–326), Roman consul and praefectus urbanus Acilius Severus (writer) (died between AD 364 and 375), Christian
Acilius_Severus
Roman suffect consul
perhaps the son of (Marcus) Caeionius Varus (225 or 230 – after 285), praefectus urbi of Rome in 284 and 295, and of his wife Rufia C.f. Procula (born
Marcus_Caeionius_Proculus
High-ranking Roman military officer
except in Egypt and Mesopotamia where the legions were commanded by a praefectus legionis of an equestrian rank. The legatus legionis was under the supreme
Legate_(ancient_Rome)
Watchmen of ancient Rome
vigiles were near entirely made up of freedmen and were commanded by the praefectus vigilum, who was of equestrian rank. The force was divided into seven
Vigiles
Roman golden age (27 BC to 180)
consultum ultimum Titles and honours Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praeses Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Triumvir monetalis Lictor Magister militum Imperator
Pax_Romana
politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, praefectus urbi of Constantinople in 415–416. In 415 Ursus was praefectus urbi of Constantinople. On September 4
Ursus_(praefectus_urbi)
was the curator of Teanum Sidicinum. On 4 August 316 he is attested as praefectus urbi of Rome, as successor to Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus, and kept
Ovinius_Gallicanus
and supplies. Usually a former primus pilus. Praefectus Cohortis - Commander of a cohort. Praefectus legionis agens vice legati – Equestrian officer
List_of_Roman_army_unit_types
Praetorian prefect of Gaul
Tonantius Ferreolus (c. 390 – 475) was the praetorian prefect of Gaul (praefectus praetorio Galliarum) from 451. Tonantius Ferreolus lived in the Gard valley
Tonantius_Ferreolus_(prefect)
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
Aurelius Symmachus. Between February 341 and April 342, Celsinus was praefectus urbi of Rome, under Emperor Constans. In 351, when the usurper Magnentius
Aurelius_Celsinus
Roman consul and praetorian prefect (died c.286)
(Arezzo, Italy) of which he was a patronus. However, as a Consul and Praefectus Urbi he also appears in the Fasti Romani, i.e., the record of Roman office-holders
Lucius Petronius Taurus Volusianus
Lucius_Petronius_Taurus_Volusianus
Valentia Banasa in the Mauritania Tingitana province in year 109 AD he was praefectus (commander) of the ala I Hamiorum sagittariorum. In 113 AD he was subpraefectus
Gaius_Maesius_Tertius
Monumental column in Istanbul, Turkey
Kıztaşı) is a Roman honorific column erected in Constantinople by the praefectus urbi Tatianus (450 – c. 452) and dedicated to the Emperor Marcian (450–57)
Column_of_Marcian
Name list
refer to: Neratius Cerealis (fl. 328–358), Roman senator and politician, praefectus urbi and consul Quintus Petillius Cerialis (c. AD 30–after AD 83), Roman
Cerialis
4th century Roman historian and politician
Victor served as governor of Pannonia Secunda in 361; in 389 he became praefectus urbi (urban prefect), senior imperial official in Rome. His surviving
Aurelius_Victor
Indo-European language of the Italic branch
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Latin
3rd century Roman jurist
secretary a libellis under Emperor Alexander Severus, and about 228 he was praefectus vigilum. In Valentinian's Law of Citations he is classed with Papinian
Herennius_Modestinus
Essay by Seneca
clear from chapters 18 and 19 of De Brevitate Vitae that Paulinus was praefectus annonae, the official who superintended the grain supply of Rome, and
De_Brevitate_Vitae_(Seneca)
Roman military subdivision
most senior centurion. The primus pilus was eligible for promotion to praefectus castrorum or camp prefect, the third most senior officer in a legion,
Cohort_(military_unit)
redirect targets pontifex maximus – Chief high priest in ancient Rome praefectus – Prefect in ancient Rome praepositus sacri cubiculi praeses – Latin word
Political institutions of ancient Rome
Political_institutions_of_ancient_Rome
Commission of three men in ancient Rome
consultum ultimum Titles and honours Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praeses Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Triumvir monetalis Lictor Magister militum Imperator
Triumvirate_(ancient_Rome)
Roman politician
382 he is attested as Praetorian prefect of Italy. In 381 he was also praefectus urbi of Rome and Consul in 382. Afrania gens Tonantius Ferreolus (prefect)
Afranius_Syagrius
Name list
Hilary of Arles (c. 403–449), Bishop of Arles and saint Hilarius (praefectus urbi), praefectus urbi (prefect of Rome) in 408 Pope Hilarius or Hilary (died 468)
Hilarius
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
Pharsalus, the Senate showered Caesar with honours, including the title praefectus moribus (lit. 'prefect of morals') which historically was associated with
Julius_Caesar
Ancient Roman settlement administered by a prefect
other Roman uses of praefectus. In the military, prefects commanded auxiliary units or served in logistical roles (see Praefectus). In imperial administration
Praefectura (Roman settlement)
Praefectura_(Roman_settlement)
Roman Praetorian prefect from AD 55 to 62
Lucius Faenius Rufus, an eques Romanus, was praefectus annonae from AD 55 to 62. Tacitus reports that (unlike most holders of that office) he did not profit
Faenius_Rufus
Roman politician
Basilius Venantius, consul in 508, was probably his son. Venantius was Praefectus urbi and consul in 484, working in the post-Roman Kingdom of Odoacer and
Decius Marius Venantius Basilius
Decius_Marius_Venantius_Basilius
Roman politician and aristocrat
until he was appointed Praefectus urbi of Rome, on September 26, 352, a little time after the usurper had left the city. As Praefectus he asked to divert
Neratius_Cerealis
Politician
410–411) was a politician of the Western Roman Empire. He served as praefectus urbi of Rome from September 25, 410, to November 28, 411. Codex Theodosianus
Bonosianus
Ancient Roman military career progression
two to four years, were Praefectus cohortis (prefect of a cohort), Tribunus angusticlavius (military tribune), and Praefectus alae (prefect of an ala
Tres_militiae
sacris faciundi (from 351 to 375). By January 350 he held the office of praefectus annonae; later that decade he was vicarius urbis Romae. In 361, he went
Lucius Aurelius Avianius Symmachus
Lucius_Aurelius_Avianius_Symmachus
1st century AD Roman soldier and legion prefect
Poenius Postumus was praefectus castrorum (camp prefect) of the Roman legion II Augusta, stationed in Britain during the rebellion of Boudica in 61 AD
Poenius_Postumus
Governing official
pharaoh. The emperor was represented there by a governor sui generis styled praefectus augustalis, a title evoking the religious cult of the emperor. Emperors
Governor
Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394
Nicomachus Flavianus the Younger received the title of praefectus urbi, while the new praefectus annonae was Numerius Proiectus. Though his actual beliefs
Eugenius
Roman Praetorian prefect from 68 to 69
was a prefect of the Roman vigiles (praefectus vigilum) under Claudius, and later of the Praetorian Guard (praefectus praetorio) under Emperor Galba, from
Cornelius_Laco
Roman politician
Annius Bassus, he was vir clarissimus and vicarius of Rome as well as praefectus urbi from 25 March to 25 August 359. The important Sarcophagus of Junius
Junius_Bassus_Theotecnius
Roman politician and consul
Bassus was probably the son of the Anicius Auchenius Bassus who was praefectus urbi in 382–383 and of Turrenia Honorata. He had a son, also called Anicius
Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 408)
Anicius_Auchenius_Bassus_(consul_408)
Last Praetorian prefect of the Roman Empire
Theodosianus are addressed to him. His son Junius Bassus Theotecnius was praefectus urbi, and his sarcophagus from 359 is one of the most decorative late
Junius_Bassus_(consul)
Constantine's colleague in the east, Licinius). Three senators were elected praefectus urbi under Constantine, including Rufinus from 20 August 315 to 4 August
Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus
Gaius_Vettius_Cossinius_Rufinus
Roman legion
multi-ethnic nature of Alexandria. In 26 BC, Aelius Gallus, praefectus Aegypti (praefectus of Egypt), led a campaign against the Nubian kingdoms and another
Legio_XXII_Deiotariana
Politician of the Western Roman Empire
a politician of the Western Roman Empire. Hilarius is known to be the praefectus urbi of Rome in 408. He is attested in office on January 15 of that year
Hilarius_(praefectus_urbi)
Method of acquiring property
consultum ultimum Titles and honours Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praeses Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Triumvir monetalis Lictor Magister militum Imperator
Occupatio
Ancient city near modern Naples, Italy
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Pompeii
Ancient Roman family
Faustus, consul II in AD 298, and praefectus urbi of Rome in 299–300. Amnius Anicius Julianus, consul in AD 322, and praefectus urbi of Rome in 326–329. Sextus
Anicia_gens
Freedman and tutor of the Roman emperor Nero
emperor. After tutoring Nero, Anicetus was made commander of the fleet (praefectus classis) at Misenum in 59 AD. He was later employed by the emperor to
Anicetus_(freedman)
second quarter of the fifth century. A Syrian, on 6 November 422 he was praefectus urbi of Constantinople, in which capacity he received an edict preserved
Florentius_(consul_429)
(fl. 333–352) was a senator and a politician of the Roman Empire, twice praefectus urbi of Rome (in 337–338 and in 351–352) and once consul (in 340). He
Lucius Aradius Valerius Proculus
Lucius_Aradius_Valerius_Proculus
Roman senator
purposely defaced by the local Christians. In 306, Anullinus was appointed praefectus urbi (urban prefect) of Rome, a post he held from 19 March 306 to 27 August
Gaius_Annius_Anullinus
1st century AD Roman eques, procurator and governor of Egypt
Vespasian. He was appointed to a series of imperial offices, including praefectus or governor of Roman Egypt. Ronald Syme has strongly suggested that Paulinus
Gaius Valerius Paulinus (eques)
Gaius_Valerius_Paulinus_(eques)
Waste mound made from broken Roman pottery
specifically record that the oil they once contained was delivered to the praefectus annonae, the official in charge of the state-run food distribution service
Monte_Testaccio
expiation of prodigies. He had a son also named Numa Marcius, who served as praefectus urbi under Tullus Hostilius. The younger Marcius married Pompilia, daughter
Numa_Marcius
Historic site in Rome, Italy
order in the city; they were under the command of Praefectus urbi (also in this case the term Praefectus takes the dative urbi, so the literal translation
Castra_of_ancient_Rome
First century biography, by Quintus Curtius Rufus
Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus
Histories of Alexander the Great
Histories_of_Alexander_the_Great
Minor Anglo-Saxon kingdom in eastern England
625, Bede recounts, the missionary Paulinus of York was received by the praefectus of Lindum. Place-name evidence is suggestive that the Anglian settlement
Kingdom_of_Lindsey
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