Roman navy (redirect from Praefectus classis)
000 sesterces annually, the prefects of the Classis Germanica, the Classis Britannica and later the Classis Pontica were centenarii (i.e. earning 100,000...
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(today's Black Sea): the Classis Pontica. During the civil war of 68-69, a certain Anicetus, praefectus Classis of the Classis Pontica, initially supported...
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(singular: Classiarius; from Latin classis "fleet") referred to all military personnel (from the highest rank of praefectus classis to the simplest rank of miles...
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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...
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its support during the civil war of 69 suggests, the classis Misenensis, together with the Classis Ravennatis, formed the naval counterpart of the Praetorian...
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the Classis Misenensis. Ravenna had been used for ship construction and as a naval port at least since the Roman civil wars, but the permanent classis Ravennas...
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The Classis Germanica was a Roman fleet in Germania Superior and Germania Inferior. Besides the Channel Fleet (Classis Britannica), it was one of the largest...
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neues Flottendiplom und ein enger Vertrauterdes Antoninus Pius als praefectus classis". Chiron. 39 (in German): 14. Retrieved 25 April 2023. CIL VI, 41143...
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Sextus Pompey on an aureus dated 42–40 BC. The reverse reads praefectus classis....
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the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pliny, who had been appointed praefectus classis (admiral) in the Roman navy by Vespasian, was stationed with the fleet...
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("L'Empereur Trajan"). Eck and Pangerl, "M. Ulpius Marcellus als praefectus classis Ravennatis". Syme, Roman Papers, vol. 7, p. 565. Leunissen, Konsuln...
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como heredera de Tartessos en sus amonedaciones conmemorativas del Praefectus Classis (in Spanish). Vol. 34. Archivo español de arqueología. ISSN 0066-6742...
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generals, including Lusius Quietus and Quintus Marcius Turbo (then praefectus classis Misenis), marched on Armenia and conquered its capital Artaxata. Deposing...
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ancient Rome who succeeded Sextus Lucilius Bassus as the commander, or praefectus classis, of Lucius Vitellius's fleet at Misenum, when Bassus defected to Vespasian's...
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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...
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First Julianus was prefect of the Classis Ravennas, followed by prefect of the more important fleet, the Classis Misenensis; Werner Eck and Hans Lieb...
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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 murder...
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his absence. Laevinus nominated his cousin M. Valerius Messala, his praefectus classis, but the Senate refused since he was not in Italy. Frustrated, Laevinus...
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probably with the cognomen Laevus, was a commander of the fleet (praefectus classis) in 46 BC, serving under Julius Caesar. He took part in the blockade...
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classes in tributaries of the Danube. Each flotilla was commanded by a praefectus classis who reported to the local dux. It appears that each dux on the Danube...
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the Dux: Praefectus (commander): In the late Roman army, this rank referred to both a commander of a cavalry or fleet unit (praefectus classis) and an...
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as praefectus Classis praefecti Ravennas, or commander of the Classis Ravennas the Roman fleet based at Ravenna, then promoted to praefectus Classis praefecti...
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dispositione, "at discretion"): Equites Dalmatae (no officer stated). Praefectus classis Sambricae, commander of a flotilla of patrol ships (Navis lusoria)...
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denarii) classiarius (Classis Misenensis) 150 200 300 450 900 classiarius (Classis Ravennatis) 150 200 300 450 900 classiarius (Classis provincialis) 75 100...
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of the Emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, including praefectus of the Classis Britannica, and of Roman Egypt. Blassianus' home, based on the...
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Imperial Roman army (section Praefectus castrorum)
Augustus, flotillas had been established on the Rhine (classis germanica) and Danube (classis Histrica). A grain cargo would first be transported from...
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in Latin: praefectus Alexandreae et Aegypti, lit. 'prefect of Alexandria and Egypt' and more usually referred to as the Latin: praefectus Aegypti, lit...
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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...
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series of imperial offices, including praefectus annonae, (overseer of the grain supply for Rome), and praefectus vigilum (commander of the night watch...
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(Lucius) and tribe (Quirina). Proculus then was appointed prefect of the Classis Alexandriae et Potamophylaciae—a combined command of the Roman fleet based...
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